Combined effects of EPS and HRT enhanced biofouling on a submerged and hybrid PAC-MF membrane bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 747-757

  Taimur Khan, Mohiuddin Md ^a,b   Takizawa, Satoshi ^b   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^c   Habibur Rahman, M ^d   Komatsu, Kazuhiro ^e   Nelson, Sara E ^c   Kurisu, Futoshi ^b   Camper, Anne K ^c   Katayama, Hiroyuki ^b   Ohgaki, Shinichiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Extracellular polymeric substances; Hydraulic retention time; Microfiltration membrane; Natural organic matter; Powdered activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; GALACTOSAMINE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; RIVERS;

EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON;

MICROFILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBOHYDRATE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSAMINE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RIVER WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROFILTRATION; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84871513497     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.048     Document Type: Article

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