Comparative study on membrane fouling between membrane-coupled moving bed biofilm reactor and conventional membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1021-1027

  Yang, W ^a   Syed, W ^a   Zhou, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane fouling; Membrane coupled moving bed biofilm reactor; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONVENTIONAL MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

BIOREACTORS;

CHLORIDE; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; POLYMER; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; SALT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE COUPLED MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; TANK; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; COLLOIDS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84897138122     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.823     Document Type: Article

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