Osmotic pressure effect on membrane fouling in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor and its experimental verification

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-101

  Chen, Jianrong ^a   Zhang, Meijia ^a   Wang, Aijun ^a   Lin, Hongjun ^a   Hong, Huachang ^a   Lu, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Osmotic pressure

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; CAKE LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FILTRATION PROCESS; FOULING MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OPERATION PRESSURE;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEWAGE;

OSMOSIS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; ION; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; HYDRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FILTER CAKE; FILTRATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUBMERGED ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE;

EID: 84866694938     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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