Integrated anaerobic fluidized-bed membrane bioreactor for domestic wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 240, Issue , 2014, Pages 362-368

  Gao, Da Wen ^a   Hu, Qi ^a   Yao, Chen ^a   Ren, Nan Qi ^a   Wu, Wei Min ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR); Domestic wastewater; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Membrane fouling; Resource recovery

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE FOULING RATES; RESOURCE RECOVERY; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; METHANE; MICROFILTRATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84890870654     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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