Effect of dosing polymeric ferric sulfate on fouling characteristics, mixed liquor properties and performance in a long-term running membrane bioreactor

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Wu, Jinling ^a   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fouling characteristics; Fouling mitigation; Membrane bioreactor; Mixed liquor properties; Polymeric ferric sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; FEES AND CHARGES; FIELD EMISSION; FINANCE; FOULING; GELATION; GELS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; METAL RECOVERY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SULFATE MINERALS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; EFFLUENT QUALITY; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETER; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING; FLOC SIZE; FOULANTS; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; FOULING MITIGATION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL LAYERS; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LONG-TERM RUNNING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTERABILITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE SURFACES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MIXED LIQUOR PROPERTIES; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLID; ORGANIC PARTICLES; ORGANICS; POLYMERIC FERRIC SULFATE; POSITIVE CHARGES; RESIDUAL SLUDGE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 50449107771     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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