Enhancing the formation and shear resistance of nitrifying biofilms on membranes by surface modification

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3469-3478

  Lackner, Susanne ^a   Holmberg, Maria ^a   Terada, Akihiko ^a   Kingshott, Peter ^b   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Detachment; Poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG); Shear stress; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHAINS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYOLS; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR STRESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMINO GROUP; BIOFILM FORMATION; DETACHMENT; NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLY(ETHYLENEGLYCOL) (PEG); POLYPROPYLENE MEMBRANE; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SURFACE-MODIFICATION; WET-CHEMISTRY;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

AMINO ACID; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; NITRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLASMA; POLYMERIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67649934934     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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