The ratio of food-to-microorganism (F/M) on membrane fouling of anaerobic membrane bioreactors treating low-strength wastewater

Desalination

Volumn 297, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-103

  Liu, Yin ^a   Liu, Haining ^a   Cui, Li ^a   Zhang, Kaisong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; F M ratio; Fouling; Low strength wastewater

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; BIOFLOCCULATION; CAKE LAYER; CAKE RESISTANCE; CONTROLLABLE PARAMETERS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FINE PARTICLES; LOW STRENGTH WASTEWATER; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

BIOREACTORS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOULING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; REACTION KINETICS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FOOD; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; POLYMER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84862326665     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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