The membrane-biofilm reactor (MBfR) as a counter-diffusional biofilm process

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-136

  Nerenberg, Robert ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANES; METHANE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM MORPHOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM REACTORS (MABR); MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; RECENT RESEARCHES; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CELL ADHESION; COST CONTROL; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION FLUX; ENERGY COST; FLUID FLOW; GAS DIFFUSION; LIQUID DIFFUSION LAYER; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; WASTE WATER;

HYDROGEN; METHANE; WASTE WATER;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84957701067     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.01.015     Document Type: Review

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