Highly effective antifouling performance of PVDF/graphene oxide composite membrane in membrane bioreactor (MBR) system

Desalination

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-66

  Zhao, Chuanqi ^a   Xu, Xiaochen ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Wang, Guowen ^b   Yang, Fenglin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifouling properties; Hydrophilic modification; Membrane bioreactor; PVDF GO composite membranes

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROPHILIC MODIFICATION; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSITE; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER;

EID: 84896052817     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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