Influence of temperature variations on the cake resistance and EPS of MBR mixed liquor fractions

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Gil, José Antonio ^a   Túa, Leonardo ^b   Rueda, Adriana C ^b   Rodríguez, Manuel ^b   Prats, Daniel ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cake resistance; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane fouling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649741427     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1225     Document Type: Article

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