Activated sludge characteristics affecting sludge filterability in municipal and industrial MBRs: Unraveling correlations using multi-component regression analysis

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 330-338

  Van den Broeck, R ^a   Krzeminski, P ^b   Van Dierdonck, J ^a   Gins, G ^a   Lousada Ferreira, M ^b   Van Impe, J F M ^a   van der Graaf, J H J M ^b   Smets, I Y ^a   van Lier, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge filterability; Bioflocculation; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling; Relative hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; BELGIUM; BIOFLOCCULATION; BLACK BOXES; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; DEFLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); MULTICOMPONENTS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NETHERLANDS; RELATIVE HYDROPHOBICITY; SLUDGE MORPHOLOGY; SLUDGE SAMPLES; STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENT;

HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MORPHOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 79960019638     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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