Performance of submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) with and without the addition of the different particle sizes of GAC as suspended medium

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-18

  Johir, M A ^a   Shanmuganathan, S ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Kandasamy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GAC; Membrane fouling; Organic characterization; SMBR; Support media

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE;

DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GAC; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; SMBR; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUPPORT MEDIA; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BIOPOLYMER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FILTRATION; IRON OXIDE; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

EID: 84879004354     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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