When does building an MBR make sense? How variations of local construction and operating cost parameters impact overall project economics

86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2013

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 6354-6365

  Young, Thor ^a   Smoot, Sebastian ^a   Peeters, Jeff ^b   Côté, Pierre ^c  

^a GHD   (United States)

^b GE Water & Process Technologies   (Canada)

^c COTE Membrane Separation Ltd ^*

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cost sensitivity; Economic analysis; Membrane bioreactors (MBR)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; OPERATING COSTS;

CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; COST PARAMETERS; INPUT VARIABLES; LOADING CONDITION; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); PROJECT ECONOMICS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84969321243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864713813716444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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