Bio-fouling reducers for improving the performance of an aerobic submerged membrane bioreactor treating palm oil mill effluent

Desalination

Volumn 316, Issue , 2013, Pages 146-153

  Yuniarto, Adhi ^a   Noor, Zainura Zainon ^a   Ujang, Zaini ^a   Olsson, Gustaf ^b   Aris, Azmi ^a   Hadibarata, Tony ^a  

^a Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerobic submerged membrane bioreactor; Bio fouling reducer; Palm oil mill effluent

Indexed keywords

BENCH SCALE; CRITICAL FLUX; EFFLUENT QUALITY; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOREACTORS; FOULING; PALM OIL; PLATINUM; WATER QUALITY;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; DESALINATION; EFFLUENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE OIL; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84875236395     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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