Low dose powdered activated carbon addition at high sludge retention times to reduce fouling in membrane bioreactors

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-350

  Remy, Maxime ^a,b   van der Marel, Perry ^a,c   Zwijnenburg, Arie ^a   Rulkens, Wim ^b   Temmink, Hardy ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Powdered activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CARBON ADDITION; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW DOSE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PILOT SCALE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 58549095894     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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