Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs) for Water Reuse in the USA

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-245

  Yin, Ziqiang ^a   Xagoraraki, Irene ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Pollutant removal; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956649721     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698-2014-324     Document Type: Article

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