Thermodynamic analysis of membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor and its implications

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 146, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-14

  Hong, Huachang ^a   Peng, Wei ^a   Zhang, Meijia ^a   Chen, Jianrong ^a   He, Yiming ^a   Wang, Fangyuan ^a   Weng, Xuexiang ^a   Yu, Haiying ^a   Lin, Hongjun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy barrier; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Short range interactions; XDLVO theory

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIOREACTORS; ENERGY BARRIERS; MEMBRANE FOULING; THERMOANALYSIS;

ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SHORT RANGE INTERACTIONS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; XDLVO THEORY;

MEMBRANES;

LEWIS ACID;

BIOREACTOR; ELECTRON; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; SERUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTACT ANGLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRON; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BOVINAE;

ENERGY BARRIER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULING; SHORT-RANGE INTERACTIONS; XDLVO THEORY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SEWAGE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84881255861     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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