The role of EPS concentration in MBR foaming: Analysis of a submerged pilot plant

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1628-1635

  Di Bella, Gaetano ^a   Torregrossa, Michele ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

EPS; Foam tests; Foaming; MBR; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; EPS; EXTRA CELLULAR POLYMERS; FILAMENTOUS ORGANISMS; FOAMING; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOREACTORS; PILOT PLANTS; VISCOSITY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOAM; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; VISCOSITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; ENZYME MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; FOAMING; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78650691417     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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