Role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in membrane fouling of membrane bioreactor coupled with worm reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 566-573

  Tian, Yu ^a   Li, Zhipeng ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Lu, Yaobin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane filterability; Worm reactor; XDLVO approach

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTERABILITY; WORM REACTOR; XDLVO APPROACH;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

CARBON; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; STATIC SEQUENCING BATCH WORM REACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POROSITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84865548312     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.07.047     Document Type: Article

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