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Membrane Biology with a Low‐Energy Membrane System for Biological Wastewater Treatment
Author(s) -
Lübbecke S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4125(200103)24:3<249::aid-ceat249>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - membrane , low energy , sewage treatment , wastewater , chemistry , biochemical engineering , materials science , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , physics , biochemistry , atomic physics
The growing interest in the concept of membrane biology for industrial wastewater treatment is based on the fact that, by using it, several tasks can be solved at the same time and several very advantageous aspects for biological wastewater treatment ensue. With membrane techniques, unlike conventionally used sedimentation, freely selectable operationally safe retention and upgrading of biomass with significantly less space is possible. Beyond that, and in addition to solid‐particle and germ‐free processes, the wastewater and substrate residence times can be decoupled.