Reduction of membrane fouling by simultaneous upward and downward air sparging in a pilot-scale submerged membrane bioreactor treating municipal wastewater

Desalination

Volumn 251, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Park, Hee Deung ^a   Lee, Young Haeng ^b   Kim, Hyun Bae ^c   Moon, Jihee ^d   Ahn, Chang Hyo ^d   Kim, Keon Tae ^d   Kang, Moon Sun ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c POSCO   (South Korea)

^d KOLON Engineering and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dual header membrane module; KIMAS 20; Membrane fouling; Simultaneous upward and downward air sparging; Submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR)

Indexed keywords

AIR SPARGING; DUAL HEADER MEMBRANE MODULE; FOULING RESISTANCE; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; MEMBRANE MODULE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENTS REMOVAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE 1; PILOT SCALE; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

AIR; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANES;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 73549108093     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.09.140     Document Type: Article

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