Change in the fouling propensity of sludge in membrane bioreactors (MBR) in relation to the accumulation of biopolymer clusters

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4718-4725

  Sun, Fei yun ^a,b   Wang, Xiao mao ^a   Li, Xiao yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Biological wastewater treatment; Biopolymer clusters (BPC); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOMOLECULES; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; FOULING PROPENSITIES; LIQUID PHASE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; SLUDGE DEPOSITION; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

BIOPOLYMER; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 79951948787     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.048     Document Type: Article

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