Performance of a laboratory-scale membrane bioreactor consisting mixed liquor with aquatic worms under toxic conditions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-49

  Navaratna, Dimuth ^a   Shu, Li ^b   Jegatheesan, Veeriah ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ametryn; Extra cellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Soluble microbial products (SMP); Worms

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION;

AMETRYN; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; WORMS;

BIOREACTORS;

AMETRYN; CARBOHYDRATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HERBICIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SEWAGE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOCCULATION; HERBICIDE; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE SETTLING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORM; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOCHAETA; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; HERBICIDES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRIAZINES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84892144951     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.12.061     Document Type: Article

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