Wastewater Treatment by Membrane Bioreactors

Membrane Operations: Innovative Separations and Transformations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 363-395

  Leiknes, Torove ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

MBR basics; MBR fouling; MBR markets; MBR operation; MBR options; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889499774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527626779.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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