Characteristics of an A2O-MBR system for reclaimed water production under constant flux at low TMP

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 431, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-162

  Hu, Yisong ^a   Wang, Xiaochang C ^a   Zhang, Yongmei ^a   Li, Yuyou ^b   Chen, Hua ^a   Jin, Pengkang ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A2O MBR process; Domestic wastewater; Extracellular polymeric substances; Membrane foulant; Reclaimed water production

Indexed keywords

A2O-MBR PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL UNITS; CAKE LAYER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EXTRACELLULAR; FINE PARTICLES; FOULANTS; FULL SCALE; HIGH QUALITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; RE-CLAIMED WATER; SUBMERGED MBR; TREATMENT PROCESS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC ANOXIC OXIC MOVING BED BIOREACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84873115748     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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