Temporal variations of membrane foulants in the process of using flat-sheet membrane for simultaneous thickening and digestion of waste activated sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6863-6869

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

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane foulants; Membrane fouling; Sludge digestion; Sludge thickening; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; FOULANTS; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; OPERATION TIME; SLUDGE THICKENING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGESTIBILITY; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOFOULING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 79956368736     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.042     Document Type: Article

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