A comparison of membrane fouling under constant and variable organic loadings in submerge membrane bioreactors

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5407-5413

  Zhang, Jinsong ^a,b   Zhou, Jiti ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Fane, Anthony G ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

EPS; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Variable organic loading

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BOUND EPS; EPS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC LOADINGS; PARTICLES-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SUPERNATANTS; UP PERIOD; VARIABLE ORGANIC LOADING;

BIOREACTORS;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; LOADING; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING ORGANISM; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLID; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; SUBMERGE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 77957329898     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.045     Document Type: Article

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