Low powdered activated carbon concentrations to improve MBR sludge filterability at high salinity and low temperature

Desalination

Volumn 276, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 403-407

  Remy, Maxime ^a,b   Temmink, Hardy ^a,b   van den Brink, Paula ^a,c   Rulkens, Wim ^b  

^a Sub department of Environmental Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Powdered activated carbon; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FOULANTS; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; LOW DOSAGE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NORMAL CONDITION; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SALINITY;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SHEAR FLOW;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOULING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; SALINITY; SLUDGE;

EID: 79959492071     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.080     Document Type: Article

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