Membrane fouling caused by soluble microbial products in an activated sludge system under starvation

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 180-185

  Zhang, Hai Feng ^a,b   Sun, Bao Sheng ^b   Zhao, Xin Hua ^b   Sun, Jing Mei ^b  

^a NORTHEAST ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gel layer resistance; Membrane bioreactor; Modified fouling index; Molecular weight distributions; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954190596     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.107     Document Type: Article

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