Roles of various mixed liquor constituents in membrane filtration of activated sludge

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 139-149

  Geng, Zuohong ^a   Hall, Eric R ^a   Bérubé, Pierre R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Mbr; Membrane fouling; Mixed liquor constituents; Soluble fraction; Steric hindrance effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954185885     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.108     Document Type: Article

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