Sub-critical fouling in a membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment: Experimental investigation and mathematical modelling

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3903-3914

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a   Saroj, Devendra Prakash ^a   Chiarani, Daniele ^a   Andreottola, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical flux; EPS; Fouling; MBR; Modelling; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CALIBRATION; FOULING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CRITICAL FLUX; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTORS; CALIBRATION; FOULING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOULING; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548501778     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.05.047     Document Type: Article

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