Effect of organic loading rate on organic matter and foulant characteristics in membrane bio-reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-160

  Johir, M A H ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Sathasivan, A ^b   Kandasamy, J ^a   Chang, C Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

LC OCD; Membrane bio reactor; Membrane fouling; OLR; TMP

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIC ACID; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LC-OCD; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OLR; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TMP; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS;

LOADING;

BIOPOLYMER; HUMIC ACID; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES, PARAMETERS AND DEVICES; SLUDGE;

BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84860248313     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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