Sustainable organic loading rate and energy recovery potential of mesophilic anaerobic membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 326-334

  Wei, Chun Hai ^a   Harb, Moustapha ^a   Amy, Gary ^a   Hong, Pei Ying ^a   Leiknes, TorOve ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; Methane production; Municipal wastewater; Sustainable flux; Sustainable organic loading rate

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METHANE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METHANE PRODUCTION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SUSTAINABLE FLUXES;

LOADING;

METHANE; VOLATILE AGENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFUEL; WASTE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RECOVERY; HEAT TREATMENT; LIQUID; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; STEADY STATE; SUSTAINABLE SLUDGE ORGANIC LOADING RATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84902207497     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.053     Document Type: Article

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