Comparison of dead-end and continuous filtration conditions in a denitrification membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 167-173

  McAdam, E J ^a   Cartmell, E ^a   Judd, S J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubbling; Frequency; Intermittent; Low energy MBR; Scouring

Indexed keywords

BUBBLING; FREQUENCY; INTERMITTENT; LOW ENERGIES; SCOURING; CONTINUOUS FILTRATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; LOW ENERGY MBR; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION;

BIOREACTORS; BUBBLE FORMATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; MICROFILTRATION; DEPOSITION; FLOW RATE; TEXTILE SCOURING;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; SHEAR FLOW;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILTRATION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAD END FILTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLOCCULATION; FLOW RATE; FOULING CONTROL; GAS; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPARGING; TRANSPORT KINETICS; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REDUCTION;

EID: 79251611834     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.061     Document Type: Article

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