Permeability decline in nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membranes fed with municipal wastewater treated by a membrane bioreactor

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1994-1999

  Kimura, Katsuki ^a   Ogawa, Naoko ^a   Watanabe, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gel cake layer; Membrane bioreactor; Nanofiltration; Permeability decline; Reverse osmosis; Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FILTRATION TESTS; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE ELEMENTS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS;

BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOREACTOR; DEPOSITION; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SILICA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84878336143     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.080     Document Type: Article

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