Membrane fouling control in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor coupled with online ultrasound equipment for digestion of waste activated sludge

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 941-947

  Xu, Meilan ^a   Wen, Xianghua ^a   Huang, Xia ^a   Li, Yushan ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; Cake layer; Membrane fouling; Ultrasound; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; CAKE LAYER; FOUR-GROUP; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; POWER INTENSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

MEMBRANES;

ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; DAMAGE; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTOR; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77951690086     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496391003659903     Document Type: Article

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