Hydraulic resistance of biofilms

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 429, Issue , 2013, Pages 436-447

  Dreszer, C ^a,b   Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,c,d   Paulitsch Fuchs, A H ^a   Zwijnenburg, A ^a   Kruithof, J C ^a   Flemming, H C ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Concentration polarization; EPS; Hydraulic biofilm resistance; NF; Polarization; RO; Trans membrane pressure; UF; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; EPS; NF; RO; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UF;

BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; STREAM FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFILMS;

ACETIC ACID; BIOPOLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MICROFILTRATION; MONITORING; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THICKNESS; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84871882878     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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