Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor using track-etched and phase-inversed porous membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-192

  Choi, Jae Hoon ^a   Park, Se Keun ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Organic removal; Track etched membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHEMICAL CLEANING; FABRICS; FILTRATION; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILTRATION RESISTANCES; FOULANTS; FOULING RATES; MBR OPERATIONS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE CLEANINGS; MEMBRANE POROSITIES; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC REMOVAL; POROUS MEMBRANES; PTFE MEMBRANES; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; RESISTANCE INCREASE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SLUDGE CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE CONCENTRATIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; TRACK-ETCHED MEMBRANE;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

EID: 59349085505     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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