Impact of biofilm accumulation on transmembrane and feed channel pressure drop: Effects of crossflow velocity, feed spacer and biodegradable nutrient

Water Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 200-211

  Dreszer, C ^a,b   Flemming, H C ^b   Zwijnenburg, A ^a   Kruithof, J C ^a   Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,c,d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Linear flow velocity; MF; Spacer channel pressure drop; Substrate load; Trans membrane pressure drop

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BOILERS; DROPS; FISH; FLOW VELOCITY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NUTRIENTS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; VELOCITY; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFILM ACCUMULATION; CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; FEED SPACERS; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITIES; MF; SPACER CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; SUBSTRATE LOAD; TRANS MEMBRANE PRESSURE DROP; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

PRESSURE DROP;

WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; FLOW VELOCITY; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; SUBSTRATE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; VELOCITY;

BIOFOULING; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITY; MF; SPACER CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; SUBSTRATE LOAD; TRANS MEMBRANE PRESSURE DROP;

ACETATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CARBON; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84891070189     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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