Filtration characterization method as tool to assess membrane bioreactor sludge filterability-the Delft experience

Membranes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-242

  Lousada Ferreira, Maria ^a   Krzeminski, Pawel ^b   Geilvoet, Stefan ^c   Moreau, Adrien ^d   Gil, Jose A ^e   Evenblij, Herman ^f   van Lier, Jules B ^a   van der Graaf, Jaap H J M ^g  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Waterboard Hollandse Delta   (Netherlands)

^d Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies   (United States)

^e Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

^f Waterboard Groot Salland   (Netherlands)

^g WITTEVEEN BOS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Delft filtration characterization method (DFCm); Filterability; Fouling; Membrane bioreactors

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHARACTERIZATION; DATA PROCESSING; FOULING; TOOLS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE FILTERABILITIES; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FILTERABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; SLUDGE PROPERTIES; SUPPORT OPTIMIZATIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84899713449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes4020227     Document Type: Article

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