Novel electrokinetic approach reduces membrane fouling

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6358-6366

  Ibeid, Sharif ^a   Elektorowicz, Maria ^a   Oleszkiewicz, Jan A ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrokinetics; Extra polymer substances (EPS); Floc bound water; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Membrane fouling; Soluble microbial products (SMP); Submerged membrane electro bioreactor (SMEBR)

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SEWAGE;

BOUND WATERS; ELECTRO BIOREACTORS; ELECTRO-KINETICS; EXTRA-POLYMER SUBSTANCE; FLOC-BOUND WATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ELECTRO-BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PEPTONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

BIOREACTOR; ELECTROKINESIS; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ELECTRO BIOREACTOR; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; YEAST;

ELECTROKINETICS; EXTRA-POLYMER SUBSTANCES (EPS); FLOC-BOUND WATER; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE FOULING; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS (SMP); SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ELECTRO-BIOREACTOR (SMEBR);

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PROTEINS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84885362042     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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