Permeability and clogging in an immersed hollow fibre membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 342-348

  Buzatu, P ^a   Zsirai, T ^b   Aerts, P ^c   Judd, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical enhanced backflush; Clogging; Fouling rate; Hollow fibre; Membrane bioreactor; Permeability recovery

Indexed keywords

BACK-FLUSHING; CLOGGING; FIBRE BUNDLE; FOULING RATE; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; GROSS SOLIDS; HOLLOW FIBRE; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; IMMERSED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MAINTENANCE CLEANING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PILOT SCALE; SLUDGING; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOREACTORS; FOULING; RECOVERY;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; HOLLOW FIBER IMMERSED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84865977507     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.07.039     Document Type: Article

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