Post-treatment of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket effluent by combining the membrane filtration process: Fouling control by intermittent permeation and air sparging

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  An, Yingyu ^a,b   Wu, Bing ^a   Wong, Fook Sin ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Intermittent permeation; Membrane fouling; UASB

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; AIR SPARGING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; FOULING CONTROL; IDLE TIME; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PERMEATION MEMBRANES; POST TREATMENT; POST-TREATMENT PROCESS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UASB REACTOR; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

AIR; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PERMEATION;

AIR FILTERS;

AIR SPARGING; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; SLUDGE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPARGING; UPFLOW REACTOR;

EID: 75649120079     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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