The cost of a small membrane bioreactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1739-1746

  Lo, C H ^a,b   McAdam, E ^a   Judd, S ^a,c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecologix Technologies   (Taiwan)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

CAPEX; Costs; Membrane bioreactor; NPV; OPEX

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPERATING COSTS;

CAPEX; CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NPV; OPEX; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT;

COSTS;

BIOREACTOR; CORRELATION; COST ANALYSIS; DATA SET; INSTALLATION; MEMBRANE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; ECONOMICS;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

BIOREACTORS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84954473608     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.394     Document Type: Article

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