Modeling approach to determine cake buildup and compression in a high-shear membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 409-410, Issue , 2012, Pages 335-345

  Jørgensen, Mads Koustrup ^a   Bugge, Thomas Vistisen ^a   Christensen, Morten Lykkegaard ^a   Keiding, Kristian ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Compressibility; Fouling; Resistance; Sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SLUDGE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILTER CAKES; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; LIMITING FLUX; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODELING APPROACH; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES; ROTATION SPEED; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CAKE; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES;

BIOREACTORS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FOULING;

MICROFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; FILTER CAKE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

EID: 84860547008     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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