Biodegradation behavior of natural organic matter (NOM) in a biological aerated filter (BAF) as a pretreatment for ultrafiltration (UF) of river water

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1795-1803

  Huang, Guocheng ^a   Meng, Fangang ^a   Zheng, Xing ^b   Wang, Yuan ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Liu, Huijun ^c   Jekel, Martin ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological aerated filter; Drinking water treatment; Membrane fouling; Natural organic matter

Indexed keywords

BAF PROCESS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIODEGRADABLE MATTER; BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; LARGE SIZES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOMETRIC METHOD; PRE-TREATMENT; RIVER WATER;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOMETRY; POLYSACCHARIDES; POTABLE WATER; PROTEINS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; RIVER WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOHYDRATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIC ACID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEMBRANE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; RIVER WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL AERATED FILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING CONTROL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ONLINE ORGANIC CARBON DETECTOR; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FILTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79958114262     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3251-1     Document Type: Article

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