Enhancement of filterability in MBR achieved by improvement of supernatant and floc characteristics via filter aids addition

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3611-3622

  Ji, Jing ^a,b   Qiu, Jiangping ^a   Wong, Fook sin ^b   Li, Yaozhong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Filter aids; Membrane fouling; Porosity; Specific cake resistance; Submerged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOREACTORS; CHITOSAN; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MACROMOLECULES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

% REDUCTIONS; FILTER AIDS; FLOC CHARACTERISTICS; GEL LAYERS; MEMBRANE PORES; POLYMERIC FERRIC SULFATE; PORE BLOCKING; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUPERNATANTS;

POROSITY;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; CHITOSAN; FERRIC SULFATE;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; FILTER; FOULING CONTROL; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 50449109979     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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