Potential of mechanical cleaning of membranes from a membrane bioreactor

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 429, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-267

  Van den Brink, Paula ^a,b   Vergeldt, Frank ^c   Van As, Henk ^c   Zwijnenburg, Arie ^b   Temmink, Hardy ^b,c   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Membrane bioreactors; MRI measurements; Permeate side; Remaining fouling

Indexed keywords

CAKE LAYER; CONTINUOUS FLUX; DEAD-END FILTRATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING RESISTANCE; GEL LAYERS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LOW FLUX; MECHANICAL CLEANING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE SAMPLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEATE SIDE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CLEANING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROFILTRATION;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; OXYGEN; POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN MONITOR; BIOREACTOR; CLEANING; FILTRATION; FOULING CONTROL; LABORATORY DEVICE; MECHANICAL BIOREACTOR MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

EID: 84871538459     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.061     Document Type: Article

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