Pilot-scale temperate-climate treatment of domestic wastewater with a staged anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (SAF-MBR)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 159, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-103

  Shin, Chungheon ^a   McCarty, Perry L ^a,b   Kim, Jeonghwan ^a   Bae, Jaeho ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Domestic wastewater; Energy; Fluidized bed; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; METHANE; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL CLEANING; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENERGY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER TEMPERATURE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY USE; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ACCLIMATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; RETENTION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUIDIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SPRING; STAGED ANAEROBIC FLUIDIZED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WINTER; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALKALINITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EFFLUENT; ENERGY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY YIELD; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FOULING CONTROL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; SLUDGE DIGESTION; VISCOSITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METHANE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84896099430     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.060     Document Type: Article

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