Use of ozonation to mitigate fouling in a long-term membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6019-6027

  Wu, Jinling ^a   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge mixed liquor; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Ozonation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING MITIGATION; GEL LAYERS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MIXED LIQUOR PROPERTIES; ORGANICS; OZONATION; OZONE SYSTEMS; PARALLEL OPERATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; OZONIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

OZONE;

OZONE; POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 77951091867     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.081     Document Type: Article

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