Tracing membrane foulants in membrane bioreactors by filtration characterisation and fractionation

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Geilvoet, S P ^a   Remy, M ^b   Evenblij, H ^a   Temmink, H ^b   Van Der Graaf, J H J M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; Filtration characterisation; Fouling; Fractionation; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

DRY WEATHER FLOW (DWF); EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILTRATION CHARACTERISATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEESE; DENITRIFICATION; FILTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; MEMBRANE; NITRIFICATION; SUPERNATANT; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHER;

EID: 33744498893     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2006.020     Document Type: Article

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