Effect of the bubbling regimes on the performance and energy cost of flat sheet MBRs

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-226

  Zhang, Kaisong ^a   Wei, Peng ^a   Yao, Meng ^a   Field, Robert W ^b   Cui, Zhanfeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubbling regimes; Energy consumption; Flat sheet MBR; Free bubble; Membrane fouling; Slug bubble

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE FOULING; OPERATING COSTS; SHEAR STRESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; BUBBLING REGIMES; FLAT SHEETS; FREE BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SLUG BUBBLE;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

AERATION; BUBBLE; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84879522707     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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