Impact of nitrogen loading rates on treatment performance of domestic wastewater and fouling propensity in submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-49

  Khan, Sher Jamal ^a   Ilyas, Shazia ^a,b   Zohaib Ur Rehman, ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cake layer resistance; Extracellular polymer substance (EPS); Membrane fouling; Nitrogen loading rate; Submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR)

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; MEMBRANE FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAKE LAYER RESISTANCES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; FOULING PROPENSITIES; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); NITROGEN LOADING; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

BIOREACTORS;

AMMONIA; BIOPOLYMER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84878905024     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.196     Document Type: Article

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