Development of anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor for low-strength wastewater treatment at mesophilic condition

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 490, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-208

  Gu, Yangshuo ^a,b   Chen, Lin ^a,b   Ng, Jing Wen ^a,b   Lee, Changsoo ^c   Chang, Victor W C ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Forward osmosis (FO); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Methane production; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METHANE; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OSMOSIS; RECLAMATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; ANAEROBIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); METHANE PRODUCTION; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; GAS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE REACTOR; ORGANIC WASTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930208862     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.04.032     Document Type: Article

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