Marine sponges, compounds from, 478
Mass transfer
coefficients, 89, 90
effects, 98, 101, 105, 109, 110, 111
external, 101, 104, 105
internal, 101, 105
mechanisms in flocculating cell cultures, 372
three-phase fluidised bed, 338, 340
two liquid phase, 122, 123
MBR, see membrane bioreactor
Membrane
asymmetric, 141
bioreactor, 122, 135, 136, 151, 169, 181, 192, 198
dialysis, 143, 144, 145
fouling, 148, 150, 151
module
hollow fibre, 145, 146, 147, 164, 165, 168
plate and frame, 142
spiral wound, 142, 154, 166
tubular, 142, 143, 167
molecular weight cut-off, 149, 150, 200
properties, 200
reactor
advantages, 135, 136, 148, 149
applications, 135, 151, 152, 156, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 168
classification, 122, 135, 143, 192, 198
configuration, 143, 144, 147, 149, 161, 165, 169
dead-end, 142, 143, 144
dialysis, 143, 144
diffusion, 145, 146, 168
direct contact, 143, 152
disadvantages, 144, 145, 148, 149, 161
multiphase, 141, 146, 147, 156,
recycle, 143, 147, 150, 165
rejection coefficient, 202
resistance, 202
separation, 135, 137, 141
structure, 141, 146
Microbial solid/gas reactors, 250
Microemulsions, 184
Minimum mixing time for recirculation, 369
Mixing
axial, 107
radial, 107
Modelling, 55
Artificial Neural Networks, 68, 69
basic concepts, 63
cell models, 64
continuous MBR, 209
fuzzy, 67, 69
hybrid, 68, 69
knowledge integration, 66
Index 529