Online monitoring of membrane fouling in submerged MBRs

Desalination

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 414-419

  Monclus H ^a   Ferrero, G ^a   Buttiglieri, G ^a   Comas, J ^a   Rodriguez Roda, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fouling; Membrane bioreactor; Online signal; Slope; TMP

Indexed keywords

FLUX-STEP METHOD; FOULING RATE; MEAN VALUES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ONLINE DATA; ONLINE METHODS; ONLINE MONITORING; ONLINE SIGNAL; SLOPE; STANDARD METHOD; TMP; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOREACTORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MONITORING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

MEMBRANES;

BIOREACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERMEABILITY; SLOPE; SUBMERGED BODY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 79960194063     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.04.055     Document Type: Article

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