Influence of biofilm carriers on membrane fouling propensity in moving biofilm membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-164

  Jamal Khan, S ^a   Zohaib Ur Rehman, ^a   Visvanathan, C ^b   Jegatheesan, V ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extra polymeric substance (EPS); Filamentous bacteria; Membrane fouling; Moving biofilm MBR; Specific cake resistance

Indexed keywords

BATCH FILTRATION; BIOFILM CARRIERS; BIOFILM GROWTH; BIOFILM-MBR; CAKE LAYER; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FILTRATION PERIODS; FOULING CHARACTERIZATION; FOULING RESISTANCE; FOULING VARIATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; PORE BLOCKING; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYMERS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; FILTRATION; FOULING; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONVENTIONAL SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; FILTRATION; MOVING BIOFILM MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84860227595     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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