Anaerobic treatment of low-strength wastewater: A comparison between single and staged anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 165, Issue C, 2014, Pages 75-80

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

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Stanford University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Fluidized bed; Single stage membrane bioreactor; Staged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; FLUIDIZATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SURFACE TREATMENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOPOLYMER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; TIME; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84922535153     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.065     Document Type: Article

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