Influence of filtration conditions on membrane fouling and scouring aeration effectiveness in submerged membrane bioreactors to treat municipal wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3548-3558

  Nywening, John Paul ^a   Zhou, Hongde ^b  

^a CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeration; Filterability; Fouling; Membrane bioreactor; Wastewater treatment; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION;

AERATION; AERATION INTENSITY; CONDITION; FILTERABILITY; FOULING RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PERMEATE FLUX; REVERSIBLE FOULING; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; WATER REUSE;

BIOREACTORS;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; SCOUR; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649993930     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.050     Document Type: Article

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