Start-up period investigation of pilot-scale submerged membrane electro-bioreactor (SMEBR) treating raw municipal wastewater

Chemosphere

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-77

  Hasan, Shadi W ^a   Elektorowicz, Maria ^b   Oleszkiewicz, Jan A ^c  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrokinetics; Energy consumption; Membrane fouling; Nutrient removal; Submerged membrane electro bioreactor (SMEBR); Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

ELECTRO BIOREACTORS; ELECTROKINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTROKINESIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STEADY STATE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ZELECTRO BIOREACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELECTROKINETICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MEMBRANE FOULING; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ELECTRO-BIOREACTOR (SMEBR); WASTEWATER;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; ELECTRICITY; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUEBEC; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84892989054     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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