Controlling submicron particle deposition in a side-stream membrane bioreactor: A theoretical hydrodynamic modelling approach incorporating energy consumption

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Jiang, Tao ^a,b   Kennedy, Maria D ^b   Yoo, ChangKyoo ^c   Nopens, Ingmar ^a   van der Meer, Walter ^d   Futselaar, Harry ^e   Schippers, Jan C ^b   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Vitens Fryslân ^*  (Netherlands)

^e NORIT Process Technology BV   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fouling; Hydrodynamics; Membrane bioreactor; Modelling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CROSSFLOW VELOCITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUBMICRON PARTICLES;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE SETTLING;

EID: 34248584003     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.03.033     Document Type: Article

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