Characterization of foulants in conventional and simultaneous nitrification and denitrification membrane bioreactors

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Arabi, Sara ^a   Nakhla, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; CONCENTRATION OF; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLOC SIZE; FOULANTS; FOULING RATE; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE PORES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MIXING RATES; MODIFIED FOULING INDEX; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; STEADY-STATE MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; DENITRIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 69749124026     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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