TY - JOUR
AU1 - Brindle, Keith
AU2 - Stephenson, Tom
AB - Combining membrane technology with biological reactors for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters has led to the development of three generic membrane processes within bioreactors: for separation and recycle of solids; for bubbleless aeration of the bioreactor; and for extraction of priority organic pollutants from hostile industrial wastewaters. Commercial aerobic and anaerobic membrane separation bioreactors already provide a small footprint alternative to conventional biological treatment methods, producing a high‐quality effluent at high organic loading rates. Both the bubbleless aeration and extractive membrane bioreactors are in the development stages. The former uses gas‐permeable membranes to improve the mass transfer of oxygen to the bioreactor by providing bubbleless oxygen. By using a silicone membrane process, extractive membrane bioreactors transfer organic pollutants from chemically hostile wastewaters to a nutrient medium for subsequent biodegradation. All three membrane bioreactor (MBR) processes are comparatively and critically reviewed. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
TI - The application of membrane biological reactors for the treatment of wastewaters
JF - Biotechnology and Bioengineering
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960320)49:6<601::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-S
DA - 1996-01-20
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-application-of-membrane-biological-reactors-for-the-treatment-of-R1ppfOWYx7
SP - 601
EP - 610
VL - 49
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -