Controlled backwashing in a membrane sequencing batch reactor used for toxic wastewater treatment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Vargas, Alejandro ^a   Moreno Andrade, Iván ^a   Buitrón, Germán ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Backwashing control; Fouling; Microfiltration; Sequencing batch reactor; Submerged membrane

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BATCH REACTORS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILTRATION; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

4-CHLOROPHENOL (4-CP); BACK WASHING; BIO REACTOR; CON TROL ALGORITHMS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CRITICAL VALUES; FILTRATION TIME; LABORATORY SCALE; PERMEATE FLUXES; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR (SBR); SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS; TRANS-MEMBRANE PRESSURE (TMP); TUBULAR MEMBRANES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 CHLOROPHENOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FOULING PREVENTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEPOSITS; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WASTE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 48549088583     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.03.073     Document Type: Article

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