Implications of short and long term critical flux experiments for laboratory-scale MBR operations

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5361-5369

  Navaratna, Dimuth ^a   Jegatheesan, Veeriah ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical flux; Extra cellular polymeric substances (EPS); Intermittent permeate suction; Membrane Bioreactors (MBR); Trans Membrane Pressure (TMP)

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FLUX; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); INTERMITTENT PERMEATE SUCTION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS (MBR); TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOREACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

MEMBRANES;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; SUCTION;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CALIBRATION; LABORATORIES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79953063495     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.12.080     Document Type: Article

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