Comparison of polytetrafluoroethylene flat-sheet membranes with different pore sizes in application to submerged membrane bioreactor

Membranes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-236

  Nittami, Tadashi ^a   Hitomi, Tetsuo ^a   Matsumoto, Kanji ^a   Nakamura, Kazuho ^a   Ikeda, Takaharu ^b   Setoguchi, Yoshihiro ^b   Motoori, Manabu ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Valqua Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Flat sheet membrane module; Membrane bioreactors; Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CLEANING; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PORE SIZE; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84865195979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes2020228     Document Type: Article

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