Dynamic fouling behaviors of submerged nonwoven bioreactor for filtration of activated sludge with different SRT

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7768-7776

  Chuang, Shun Hsing ^a   Lin, Po Kuen ^a   Chang, Wei Chin ^b  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Irreversible fouling; Nonwoven bioreactor; Reversible fouling; Sludge retention time

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; NONWOVEN BIOREACTOR; REVERSIBLE FOULING; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; FILTRATION; NONWOVEN FABRICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WEAVING;

FOULING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; COLLOID; FILTRATION; FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RETENTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMERGED BODY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COLLOID; DYNAMICS; FILTRATION; FOULING CONTROL; NANOFABRICATION; NANOPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

BIOREACTORS; COLLOIDS; FILTRATION; SEWAGE;

EID: 79960833802     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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