Effect of a suspended carrier on membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 211-220

  Wei, Chun Hai ^a   Huang, Xia ^a   Wang, Cheng Wen ^a   Wen, Xiang Hua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical scouring; Membrane fouling; Particle size distribution; Sludge breakage; Submerged membrane bioreactor; Suspended carrier

Indexed keywords

SLUDGE BREAKAGE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUSPENDED CARRIER; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOREACTORS; FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOULING CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33744467935     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.199     Document Type: Article

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