Green technology in wastewater treatment technologies: Integration of membrane bioreactor with various wastewater treatment systems

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 283, Issue , 2016, Pages 582-594

  Neoh, Chin Hong ^a   Noor, Zainura Zainon ^a   Mutamim, Noor Sabrina Ahmad ^b   Lim, Chi Kim ^c  

^a Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Membrane fouling; Microbial fuel cell; Osmosis; Ozonation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NUTRIENTS; OSMOSIS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; RECLAMATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FUTURE PROSPECTS; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; STATE OF RESEARCH; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84939438413     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.07.060     Document Type: Review

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