The use of electrospun flat sheet nanofibre membranes in MBR applications

Desalination

Volumn 257, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 170-176

  Daels, Nele ^a   De Vrieze, Sander ^b   Decostere, Bjorge ^a   Dejans, Pascal ^a   Dumoulin, Ann ^a   De Clerck, Karen ^b   Westbroek, Philippe ^b   Van Hulle, Stijn W H ^b  

^a Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biofilm; MBR; Microfiltration; MPE50; Nanofibre; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM-MBR; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUNS; FLAT SHEETS; HIGH POROSITY; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE MODULE; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; NANOFIBRES; NON-WOVEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SET-UPS; TRICKLING FILTER; VOLUME RATIO;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURBIDITY;

NANOFIBERS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; POROSITY; TURBIDITY;

EID: 77951095615     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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