Visualizing fouling layer in membrane bioreactor

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 962-966

  Juang, Yu Chuan ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^a   Lai, Juin Yih ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CLSM; Fouling; Hollow fibre membrane; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; FOULING LAYERS; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; LIVE CELL; MATRIX; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING;

MEMBRANES;

FOULING; LASER; MEMBRANE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; REACTOR;

EID: 77951684477     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496391003666882     Document Type: Article

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