Comparison of MBR performance and membrane cleaning in a single-stage activated sludge system and a two-stage anaerobic/aerobic (A/A) system for treating synthetic molasses wastewater

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 394-395, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-56

  Yan, Xinxin ^a   Bilad, Muhammad R ^a   Gerards, Ron ^b   Vriens, Luc ^b   Piasecka, Anna ^a   Vankelecom, Ivo F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WATERLEAU GROUP ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic aerobic wastewater treatment; MBR; Membrane cleaning; Membrane fouling; Molasses wastewater; SMP bound EPS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ANAEROBIC/AEROBIC; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING BEHAVIOR; FOULING RATE; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLASSES WASTEWATER; PILOT SYSTEM; SINGLE STAGE; SMP/BOUND EPS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUB-CRITICAL; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE SYSTEMS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLEANING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROFILTRATION;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MOLASSES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLEANING; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856544688     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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