Anammox granules formation and performance in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-16

  Li, Ziyin ^a   Xu, Xiaochen ^a   Shao, Bing ^a   Zhang, ShuShen ^a   Yang, FengLin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anammox; Biodegradation kinetics; Granules; Membrane fouling; SAnMBR

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; GRANULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PARTICLE SIZE;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; GRANULES; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SANMBR; SPECIFIC ANAMMOX ACTIVITY; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84902154800     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.04.068     Document Type: Article

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