Effect of sludge retention time on sludge characteristics and membrane fouling of membrane bioreactor

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1329-1335

  OUYANG, Ke ^a   LIU, Junxin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

extracellular polymeric substances; membrane bioreactor; sludge retention time; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOULING RATE; FOULING RESISTANCE; GEL LAYERS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; ORGANIC REMOVAL; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SLUDGE CAKE; SLUDGE CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE CONCENTRATION; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL SOLIDS; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GELATION; GELS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROBES; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RETENTION; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349741025     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62422-5     Document Type: Article

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