Impacts of sludge retention time on sludge characteristics and membrane fouling in a submerged osmotic membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages 340-347

  Wang, Xinhua ^a   Chen, Yao ^a   Yuan, Bo ^a   Li, Xiufen ^a   Ren, Yueping ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Microbial community analysis; Osmotic membrane bioreactor; Salt accumulation; Sludge retention time

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; MICROORGANISMS; OSMOSIS;

FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; SALT ACCUMULATIONS; SLUDGE CHARACTERISTICS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

OXIDOREDUCTASE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SEWAGE;

ACCUMULATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; SALT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLID; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898631966     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.058     Document Type: Article

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