Characterisation of initial fouling in aerobic submerged membrane bioreactors in relation to physico-chemical characteristics under different flux conditions

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2336-2348

  Ng, Tze Chiang Albert ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM); Excitation emission matrix (EEM); Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Soluble microbial products (SMP); Submerged membrane bioreactor (sMBR)

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LASER EXCITATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77949320622     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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