Effective control of membrane fouling by filamentous bacteria in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-615

  Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Wang, Pan ^a   Wang, Qiaoying ^a   Wu, Zhichao ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Yang, Dianhai ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulking sludge; Filamentous bacteria; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPY; BULKING SLUDGE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FOULING LAYERS; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBIC CONTENT; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TEST RESULTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SPECIAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77949275216     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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