Screening of novel MBR fouling reducers: Benchmarking with known fouling reducers and evaluation of their mechanism of action

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-57

  Huyskens, Celine ^a,b   De Wever, Heleen ^a   Fovet, Yannick ^c   Wegmann, Uwe ^c   Diels, Ludo ^a,b   Lenaerts, Silvia ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive; Flocculant; Fouling; MBR VFM; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE CONCENTRATIONS; ADVERSE EFFECT; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; FLOCCULANT; FOULING CHARACTERIZATION; FOULING CONTROL; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MBR-VFM; MECHANISM OF ACTION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; OPTIMAL DOSAGE; SCREENING TESTS; WORKING MECHANISMS;

ADDITIVES; BENCHMARKING; FLOCCULATION;

FOULING;

EID: 84860992092     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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