Simultaneous removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from sewage using a novel combo system of fluidized bed reactor-membrane bioreactor (FBR-MBR)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 149, Issue , 2013, Pages 276-285

  Guadie, Awoke ^a   Xia, Siqing ^a   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^b   Ngo, Huu Hao ^b   Hermanowicz, Slawomir W ^a,c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed reactor; Membrane bioreactor; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sewage

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; SIMULTANEOUS PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUIDIZATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEWAGE; STRUVITE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; NITRIFICATION; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885346542     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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