Modeling cake buildup under TMP-step filtration in a membrane bioreactor: Cake compressibility is significant

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4330-4338

  Bugge, Thomas V ^a   Jørgensen, Mads K ^a   Christensen, Morten L ^a   Keiding, Kristian ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Fouling; Membrane bioreactor; Modeling; Specific cake resistance; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; COMPRESSIBILITY; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAKE COMPRESSIBILITIES; CAKE COMPRESSION; COMPLEX NATURE; FILTERCAKES; FOULING RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODELING; SIMPLE++; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOREACTORS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84863542776     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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