Comparison of fouling characteristics in different pore-sized submerged ceramic membrane bioreactors

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5907-5918

  Jin, Le ^a   Ong, Say Leong ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; Fouling; MBR; Particle size distribution; Pore microstructure; Pore size; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA-NITROGEN REMOVALS; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; FOULING POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PARTICLES-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PORE MICROSTRUCTURES; SUBMERGED MBR;

PORE SIZE;

AMMONIA;

BIOREACTOR; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING PREVENTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMERGED CERAMIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 78649323399     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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