Changes in characteristics of soluble microbial products and extracellular polymeric substances in membrane bioreactor coupled with worm reactor: Relation to membrane fouling

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-69

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

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling; Soluble microbial products (SMP); Worm reactor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMBINED SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING MITIGATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; OPERATION TIME; REACTOR SYSTEMS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; WORM REACTOR;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOREACTORS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MEMBRANE; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; STATIC SEQUENCING BATCH WORM REACTOR; WORM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HELMINTHS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866045713     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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