Direct and complete phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater using a hybrid microfiltration-forward osmosis membrane bioreactor process with seawater brine as draw solution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6156-6163

  Qiu, Guanglei ^a   Law, Yi Ming ^a   Das, Subhabrata ^a   Ting, Yen Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CALCIUM; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PHOSPHORUS; RECOVERY; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOREACTORS;

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BRINE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROFILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OSMOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84929600648     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504554f     Document Type: Article

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