Membrane fouling properties under different filtration modes in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1699-1706

  Wu, Zhichao ^a   Wang, Qiaoying ^a   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Ma, Yanqiang ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Yang, Dianhai ^a  

^a School of Environmental Science and Engineering Tongji University ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Filtration mode; Membrane foulants; Membrane fouling; Submerged membrane bioreactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; CONTINUOUS FILTRATION; DEWATERABILITY; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILTRATION MODES; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; FOULANTS; FOULING RATE; FULVIC ACIDS; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC ACID; INSTANTANEOUS FLUX; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; MEMBRANE PORES; ORGANICS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TREATMENT CAPACITY;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GELS; MACROMOLECULES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 77956170232     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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