Effect of upflow velocity on the effluent membrane fouling potential in membrane coupled upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 147, Issue , 2013, Pages 285-292

  Ozgun, Hale ^a,b   Ersahin, Mustafa Evren ^a,b   Tao, Yu ^a,c   Spanjers, Henri ^a   van Lier, Jules B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; Filterability; Municipal wastewater; Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor; Upflow velocity

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; FILTERABILITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; UPFLOW VELOCITY;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; UPFLOW REACTOR; VELOCITY;

ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; FILTERABILITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; UPFLOW VELOCITY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84883441567     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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