Characterization of soluble microbial products and their fouling impacts in membrane bioreactors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6642-6648

  Jiang, Tao ^a,b,f   Kennedy, Maria D ^b   Schepper, Veerle De ^a   Nam, Seong Nam ^d   Nopens, Ingmar ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,c   Amy, Gary ^b,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ENVIRON China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; FOULING EFFECTS; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING POTENTIAL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ORGANIC CARBON DETECTION; PORE BLOCKING; REDUCED-STATE; SLUDGE WATER; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FOULING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CARBON;

FILTRATION;

MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FOULING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE;

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PRESSURE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77956152935     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100442g     Document Type: Article

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