Searching for a universal fouling indicator for membrane bioreactors

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 264-269

  de la Torre, T ^a   Iversen, V ^b   Meng, F ^b   Stuber J ^a   Drews, A ^b   Lesjean, B ^a   Kraume, M ^b  

^a Berlin Centre of Competence for Water   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Fouling; MBR; Statistical analysis; Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649481331     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1783     Document Type: Article

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