Reduced membrane fouling in a novel bio-entrapped membrane reactor for treatment of food and beverage processing wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4269-4278

  Ng, Kok Kwang ^a   Lin, Cheng Fang ^a   Panchangam, Sri Chandana ^a   Andy Hong, Pui Kwan ^b   Yang, Ping Yi ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio entrapped membrane reactor; Conventional membrane bioreactor; Hydraulic retention time; Membrane fouling; Sludge retention time; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BEVERAGES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHEMICAL STABILITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONVENTIONAL MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE REACTOR; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

CARBOHYDRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; FILTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOULING; FOULING ORGANISM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIO ENTRAPPED MEMBRANE REACTOR; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; FOOD PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959799152     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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