Trace organics removal using three membrane bioreactor configurations: MBR, IFAS-MBR and MBMBR

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 761-768

  De La Torre, T ^a   Alonso, E ^b   Santos, J L ^b   Rodriguez C ^a   Gomez M A ^c   Malfeito, J J ^a  

^a Acciona Agua   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; IFAS; MBR; Micropollutants; Reverse osmosis; Trace organics

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PILOT PLANTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENTS; IFAS; INTEGRATED FIXED-FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; MBR; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; TRACE ORGANICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHTHALIC ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ALKYLBENZYL SULFONIC ACID; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYPHENOL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DRUG; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INTEGRATED FIXED FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOVING BED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ORGANIC REMOVAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOSIS; POLYPHENOLS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84925262783     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.028     Document Type: Article

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