Modeling energy consumption in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment in North Africa

Water Environment Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 232-244

  Skouteris, George ^a   Arnot, Tom C ^a   Jraou, Mouna ^b   Feki, Firas ^b   Sayadi, Sami ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Decentralised domestic waste water treatment; Energy consumption; Membrane bioreactor; Specific energy demand

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEMBRANES; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION LEVELS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CROP; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY USE; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FILTRATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84896823375     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13736496908672     Document Type: Article

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