The impact of different operating conditions on membrane fouling and EPS production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6870-6875

  Dvořák, Lukáš ^a   Gómez, Marcel ^a   Dvořáková, Markéta ^a   Růžičková, Iveta ^a   Wanner, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Fouling; Hollow fiber; Membrane bioreactor; Soluble microbial products (SMP)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DETECTION LIMITS; EPS PRODUCTION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLAT SHEETS; HOLLOW FIBER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; RAW WASTEWATERS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE MODULE;

BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; PILOT PLANTS; POLYMERS; WASTEWATER;

MEMBRANES;

CARBOHYDRATE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; DETECTION METHOD; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; PROTEIN; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; EFFLUENT; HOLLOW FIBER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOPOLYMERS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 79956363681     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.061     Document Type: Article

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