Numerical optimization of membrane module design and operation for a full-scale submerged MBR by computational fluid

Mengmeng Liu1, Min Yang2, Meixue Chen3

  • 1State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Department of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.

Bioresource Technology
|September 9, 2018
PubMed

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