Mechanisms of membrane fouling controlled by online ultrasound in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor for digestion of waste activated sludge

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 445, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-126

  Xu, Meilan ^a   Wen, Xianghua ^a   Huang, Xia ^a   Yu, Zhiyong ^a   Zhu, Min ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; Cake layer; Gel layer; Membrane fouling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; CAKE LAYER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GEL LAYERS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTERS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ULTRASONICS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EQUIPMENT; FOULING CONTROL; GEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; ULTRASOUND; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84880091692     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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