Effect of temperature shocks on membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4491-4500

  van den Brink, Paula ^a,b   Satpradit, On Anong ^c   van Bentem, André ^d   Zwijnenburg, Arie ^b   Temmink, Hardy ^b,e   van Loosdrecht, Mark ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flux step method; Fouling mechanisms; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Particle size; Polysaccharides; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; FLUX-STEP METHOD; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING REVERSIBILITIES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULING RATES; REDUCED BIODEGRADATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTRATION; FOULING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79960564701     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.046     Document Type: Article

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