Inorganic fouling of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating leachate from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and a polishing aerobic membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-25

  Trzcinski, Antoine P ^a   Stuckey, David C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic membrane bioreactor; Anaerobic digestion; Inorganic fouling; Landfill leachate; Submerged Anaerobic Membrane BioReactor (SAMBR)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MEMBRANES; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; INORGANIC FOULING; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATES; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS (SAMBR);

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXYAPATITE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STRUVITE; SULFATE; METAL; METHANE; NITROGEN; SOLID WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; FOULING; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MEMBRANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIC CONDITIONS;

AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; AEROBIC REACTOR; ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LEACHING; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; METALS; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84952885980     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.074     Document Type: Article

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