Investigating the impact of production conditions on membrane properties for MBR applications

Desalination

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Buetehorn, S ^a   Koh, C N ^a   Wintgens, T ^a   Volmering, D ^b   Vossenkaul, K ^b   Melin, T ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Koch Membrane Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane material characteristics; Membrane morphology; Membrane pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FILTRATION; FOULING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL TOOLS; CHARACTERISATION; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION TESTS; HOLLOW FIBRES; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE MATERIALS; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE SAMPLES; MEMBRANE-BIOREACTORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUT-OFF; MUNICIPAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PRODUCTION CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION COSTS; PURE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM); X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY XPS;

MICROFILTRATION;

BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; PRODUCTION COST;

EID: 49549109870     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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