Assessment of anti-fouling strategies for membrane coupled with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (MUASB) process

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-528

  Tran, Thao Minh ^a   Ye, Yun ^a   Chen, Vicki ^a   Stuetz, Richard ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

fouling; hollow fibre membrane; low flux; sustainability; upflow anaerobic sludge blanket

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SHEAR STRESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING; BACK WASHING; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENERGY COST; FOULING LAYERS; FUTURE ASSESSMENT; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LOW FLUX; MEMBRANE DEGRADATION; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY; REPLACEMENT COSTS; STIR RATE; STRESS VALUES; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

FOULING;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIFOULING; BIOREACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; MEMBRANE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR STRESS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CLEANING; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY COST; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; SHEAR STRESS; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873661189     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.701335     Document Type: Article

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