Experimental evidence for osmotic pressure-induced fouling in a membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-126

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

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical potential; Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Osmotic pressure; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MEMBRANE FOULING; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BATCH FILTRATION TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FOULING MECHANISMS; PRESSURE MECHANISMS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

OSMOSIS;

BIOPOLYMER; COUNTERION; WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; HYDRATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; SOLUBILIZATION; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; FOULING CONTROL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84896689473     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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