Fouling cake layer in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating saline wastewaters: Curse or a blessing?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2902-2908

  Vyrides, I ^a   Stuckey, D C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Cake layer biofilm; Fouling; Membrane

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CAKE LAYER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; SALINE WASTEWATER; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE; SALINITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79959759550     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.461     Document Type: Article

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