Impacts of sludge retention time on the performance of submerged membrane bioreactor with the addition of calcium ion

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Chen, Kang ^a   Wang, Xinhua ^a   Li, Xiufen ^a   Qian, Jiejie ^a   Xiao, Xiaolan ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium ion; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Sludge retention time (SRT); Soluble microbial products (SMP)

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BIOFLOCCULATION; BRIDGING EFFECTS; CALCIUM IONS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING LAYERS; LABORATORY SCALE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SLUDGE PROPERTIES; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

BIOCONVERSION; CALCIUM; EFFLUENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; IONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 80053963591     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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