Characteristics and fouling behaviors of dissolved organic matter in submerged membrane bioreactor systems

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 652-662

  Liang, Shuang ^a   Song, Lianfa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Dissolved organic matter; Fouling potential; Fractionation; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FOULING POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; HYDROPHILICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CELL SEPARATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 34248548720     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0147     Document Type: Article

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