Sludge characteristics and their contribution to microfiltration in submerged membrane bioreactors

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 217-227

  Lee, Wontae ^a   Kang, Seoktae ^b   Shin, Hangsik ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Microfiltration; Sludge characteristics; SRT

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

PERMEATE FLUX;

MICROFILTRATION;

POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMERSION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFILTRATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SUPERNATANT; SURFACE CHARGE; TIME;

FILTRATION; FOULING; HOLLOW FIBER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REACTOR;

EID: 0037405894     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(03)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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