Effect of PAC addition on sludge properties in an MBR treating high strength wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1577-1588

  Satyawali, Yamini ^a   Balakrishnan, Malini ^a,b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Distillery wastewater; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Mesh filter; Powdered activated carbon (PAC); Sludge volume index (SVI)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOCONVERSION; MESH GENERATION; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISTILLERY WASTEWATERS; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MESH FILTERS; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTOR; DISTILLATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 62649144217     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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