Modeling full-scale osmotic membrane bioreactor systems with high sludge retention and low salt concentration factor for wastewater reclamation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 508-515

  Park, Sung Hyuk ^a   Park, Beomseok ^b   Shon, Ho Kyong ^c   Kim, Suhan ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flat sheet module; Full scale OMBR model; Osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR); Reverse osmosis (RO); Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; RECLAMATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

FLAT SHEETS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FULL-SCALE MODELING; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; INORGANIC SALT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY USE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SALT; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOREGULATION; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OSMOREGULATION; RECYCLING; SALTS; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84930180276     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.094     Document Type: Article

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