Performance of a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor with forward osmosis membrane for low-strength wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-123

  Chen, Lin ^a   Gu, Yangshuo ^a   Cao, Chuqing ^b   Zhang, Jun ^c   Ng, Jing Wen ^a   Tang, Chuyang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bioreactor; Forward osmosis membrane; Salinity; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MEMBRANE FOULING; METHANE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; SALINITY; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MEMBRANE; METHANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC BIOREACTOR; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; SALINITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84891114057     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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