Effect of low dosages of powdered activated carbon on membrane bioreactor performance

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 954-961

  Remy, Maxime ^a,b   Temmink, Hardy ^a,b   Rulkens, Wim ^b  

^a Wageningen University ^*  (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Filterability; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Powdered activated carbon; Sludge characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOCONVERSION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SEWAGE; SHEAR FLOW;

DEWATERABILITY; FILTERABILITY; FILTRATION TIME; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OXYGEN TRANSFER; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SLUDGE CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

EID: 84857828114     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.942     Document Type: Article

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