Characterization of membrane foulants in a full-scale membrane bioreactor for supermarket wastewater treatment

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1001-1009

  Zhu, Xuefeng ^a   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Wu, Zhichao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane foulants; Membrane fouling; Supermarket oily wastewater

Indexed keywords

EDX ANALYSIS; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; FLUORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS; FOULANTS; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FTIR ANALYSIS; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INORGANIC ELEMENTS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OILY WASTEWATER; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; SEM;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; RETAIL STORES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 79952313922     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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