Influences of sludge retention time on the performance of submerged membrane bioreactors with the addition of iron ion

Desalination

Volumn 296, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-29

  Wang, Xinhua ^a   Qian, Jiejie ^a   Li, Xiufen ^a   Chen, Kang ^a   Ren, Yueping ^a   Hua, Zhaozhe ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Iron ion; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Sludge retention time (SRT)

Indexed keywords

BRIDGING EFFECTS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; IRON IONS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SLUDGE PROPERTIES; SLUDGE RETENTION; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

FLOCCULATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MEMBRANE FOULING; METAL IONS; POLYMERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; RETENTION; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84861346244     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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