Influence of hydraulic retention time on the nature of foulant organics in a high rate membrane bioreactor

Desalination

Volumn 287, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-122

  Hong, Shan ^a   Aryal, Rupak ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Johir, M A H ^a   Kandasamy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foulant; Hydraulic retention time; Membrane bioreactor; Organic characteristics

Indexed keywords

FOULANT; HIGH RATE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ORGANIC CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLUDGE CAKE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UV- AND;

BIOPOLYMERS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; RETENTION; SLUDGE;

EID: 84856583848     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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