Membrane biofouling and scaling in forward osmosis membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 403-404, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Zhang, Jinsong ^a,b   Loong, Winson Lay Chee ^a   Chou, Shuren ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang ^a,b   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Fane, Anthony Gordon ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BIOFILM FORMATION; COMBINED STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FEED SOLUTION; FLUX DECLINE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING MECHANISMS; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PERMEATE FLUX; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBERS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; TAP WATER;

ALUMINUM; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; STREAM FLOW;

BIOREACTORS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; SILICON; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; HOLLOW FIBER REACTOR; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84862816826     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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