Relationships of activated sludge characteristics to fouling rate and critical flux in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Farquharson, A ^a   Zhou, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Colloids; Extracellular polymeric substance; Fouling; Membrane bioreactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; COLLOIDS; FOULING; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMERS; SOLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

CARBOHYDRATE; HUMIC ACID; PROTEIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; COLLOID; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; COLLOID; FILTRATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77549084090     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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