Comparison between moving bed-membrane bioreactor (MB-MBR) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems: Influence of wastewater salinity variation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-69

  Di Trapani, Daniele ^a   Di Bella, Gaetano ^b   Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Torregrossa, Michele ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

MB MBR; Membrane fouling; Respirometry; Saline wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CARBON; DEPOSITION; MEMBRANE FOULING; PILOT PLANTS;

BIOFILM DETACHMENT; MB-MBR; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; RESPIROMETRIC TESTS; RESPIROMETRY; SALINE WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER SALINITY;

BIOREACTORS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOPOLYMER; WASTE WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOULING; SALINITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; KINETICS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOVING BED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; SALINITY; STOICHIOMETRY; SUPERFICIAL CAKE DEPOSITION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMPEDANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTRATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SALINITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84898681650     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.126     Document Type: Article

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