Correlating TMP increases with microbial characteristics in the bio-cake on the membrane surface in a membrane bioreactor

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3963-3968

  Hwang, Byung Kook ^a   Lee, Woo Nyoung ^a   Yeon, Kyung Min ^a   Park, Pyung Kyu ^a   Lee, Chung Hak ^a   Chang, In Soung ^b   Drews, Anja ^c   Kraume, Matthias ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; FILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUSTAINABLE PERMEABILITY; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE (TMP);

MICROORGANISMS;

POLYMER;

BIOREACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; FILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOCAKE; BIOREACTOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PRESSURE; SLUDGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE;

EID: 44449120426     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7029784     Document Type: Article

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