Fouling in membrane bioreactors with various concentrations of dead cells

Desalination

Volumn 278, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 373-380

  Azami, Hamed ^a   Sarrafzadeh, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activated sludge viability; Extracellular polymeric substances; Fouling; Hydrophobicity; Submerged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DEAD CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; KEY PARAMETERS; LABORATORY SCALE; LIVE CELL; LOWER HYDROPHOBICITY; MBR OPERATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; ZONE SETTLING VELOCITY;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTATION;

MEMBRANES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOCCULATION; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 80052025613     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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