Effects of ionic strength on membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-41

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

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical ionic strength; Energy barrier; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; ENERGY BARRIERS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CAKE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PORE CLOGGING; PRESSURE MECHANISMS; SECONDARY ENERGY MINIMA; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

IONIC STRENGTH;

BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOCCULATION; FOULING; ION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SLUDGE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; ENERGY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; OSMOLARITY; POROSITY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POROSITY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84893061764     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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