Development of a membrane-carbon cloth assembly for submerged membrane bioreactors to apply an intermittent electric field for fouling suppression

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2012, Pages 202-207

  Akamatsu, Kazuki ^a   Yoshida, Yoshio ^a   Suzaki, Takahiro ^a   Sakai, Yuji ^a   Nagamoto, Hidetoshi ^a   Nakao, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon cloth; Electric field; Flat sheet membrane bioreactor; Fouling; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON CLOTHS; DC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC FORCE; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NOVEL CONCEPT; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84857753881     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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