An innovative membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1749-1756

  Sun, Fei Yun ^a,c   Wang, Xiao Mao ^b,c   Li, Xiao Yan ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR); Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OVERALL TREATMENT TIME; PHOSPHORUS ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; SIMULTANEOUS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS;

BIOREACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SETTLING TANKS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 84887030282     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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