Surface properties of biofouled membranes from a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor after cleaning

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 504-513

  Mahendran, Basuvaraj ^a   Lin, Hongjun ^b   Liao, Baoqiang ^b   Liss, Steven N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors; Correlative microscopy; Exopolymers; Fouling; Membrane cleaning; Membrane fouling; Membranes; Microscopy; Reactors; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ATR FTIR; CLEANING METHODS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPY; EXOPOLYMERS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLAT SHEETS; FLUX RECOVERY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY SCALE; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROSCOPIC METHODS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; KRAFT PROCESS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; RECOVERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CONDENSATE; EVAPORATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY METHOD; MAINTENANCE; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBMERGED BODY;

EID: 79959426378     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000341     Document Type: Article

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