Membrane performance enhancer evaluations on pilot- and full-scale membrane bioreactors

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-47

  Collins, John H ^a   Yoon, Seong Hoon ^a   Musale, Deepak ^a   Kong, Jian Feng ^b   Koppes, Jeroen ^c   Sundararajan, Suma ^a   Tsai, Shih Perng ^a   Hallsby, G Anders ^a   Cachia, Philippe ^d   Kronoveter, Karen ^e  

^a NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Nalco Pacific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c Nalco Europe   (Netherlands)

^d Nalco Japan Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e Kelly Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux enhancement; Fouling prevention; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling; Mixed liquor

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PREVENTION; FOAM CONTROL; FOULING; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

FLUX ENHANCEMENT; SUPERNATANT CLARITY; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

BIOREACTORS;

POLYMER;

BIOREACTORS; CORROSION PREVENTION; FOAM CONTROL; FOULING; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FOAM; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING PREVENTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUPERNATANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248331656     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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