Impact of magnesium on membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-325

  Arabi, Sara ^a   Nakhla, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

EPS; Fouling; Magnesium; MBR; SMP

Indexed keywords

BIOFLOCCULATION; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CONCOMITANT DECREASE; DIVALENT CATION; EPS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING RATE; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MOLAR RATIO; SMP; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM; CAPILLARITY; CARBOHYDRATES; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSITIVE IONS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

EID: 67349176687     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.03.042     Document Type: Article

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