Why low powdered activated carbon addition reduces membrane fouling in MBRs

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 861-867

  Remy, Maxime ^a,b   Potier, Virginie ^a   Temmink, Hardy ^a,b   Rulkens, Wim ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Filterability; Flocculation; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Powdered activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING;

ACTIVATED CARBON PARTICLES; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CARBON ADDITION; FILTERABILITY; LOW DOSAGE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PARTICLE ADSORPTION; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON;

MEMBRANES;

CARBON; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; REACTION KINETICS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76049107972     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.046     Document Type: Article

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