Enzymatic activities in a moving bed membrane bioreactor for real urban wastewater treatment: Effect of operational conditions

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-33

  Reboleiro Rivas, P ^a,b   Martin Pascual J ^b   Juarez Jimenez B ^a,b   Poyatos, J M ^b   Hontoria, E ^b   Rodelas, B ^a,b   Gonzalez Lopez J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Hydrolytic activities; Moving bed membrane bioreactor; Multivariate statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS (RDA);

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILMS; PHOSPHATASES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84886311198     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.031     Document Type: Article

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