Experimental studies and statistical analysis of membrane fouling behavior and performance in microfiltration of microalgae by a gas sparging assisted process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 350-357

  Javadi, Najvan ^a   Zokaee Ashtiani, Farzin ^a   Fouladitajar, Amir ^a   Moosavi Zenooz, Alireza ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

EPS; Fouling; Gas sparging; Microalgae; Microfiltration

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROORGANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION; EPS; GAS SPARGING; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MICRO-ALGAE; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELING;

MICROFILTRATION;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOPOLYMER; GAS;

BIOFOULING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MICROALGA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUSPENSION; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; GAS FLOW; GAS SPARGING ASSISTED PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROALGA; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SHEAR STRESS; SPARGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; ULTRAFILTRATION; ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHLORELLA; FILTRATION; GAS; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; CHLORELLA; FILTRATION; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROALGAE; PERMEABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899511892     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.160     Document Type: Article

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