Sub-critical flux fouling in membrane bioreactors - A review of recent literature

Desalination

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-230

  Pollice, Alfieri ^a   Brookes, Adam ^b   Jefferson, Bruce ^b   Judd, Simon ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fouling; Membrane bioreactors; Permeability; Sub critical flux

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; DIFFUSION; FOULING; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; STEADY-STATE MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; SUB-CRITICAL FLUX FOULING; SUBCRITICAL FLUX;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 23444446016     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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