Flat sheet or hollow fibre-comparison of full-scale membrane bio-reactor configurations

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Krzeminski, Pawel ^a   Gil, José Antonio ^a   van Nieuwenhuijzen, Arjen F ^b   van der Graaf, Jaap H J M ^a,b   van Lier, Jules B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WITTEVEEN BOS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge filterability; Cleaning protocols; Flat sheet; Hollow fibre; Membrane bioreactors; Membrane configurations comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025358480     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.682963     Document Type: Article

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