Impact of soluble microbial products and extracellular polymeric substances on filtration resistance in a membrane bioreactor

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1115-1122

  Zhang, Hai Feng ^a  

^a NORTHEAST ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling; Molecular weight (MW); Soluble microbial products (SMP)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BLOCKING RESISTANCE; CAKE LAYER; CAKE LAYER FORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FOULANTS; FOULING LAYERS; FOULING POTENTIAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LABORATORY SCALE; MBR OPERATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS (SMP);

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMPACT RESISTANCE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66149173658     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0312     Document Type: Article

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