Irreversible fouling of membrane bioreactors due to formation of a non-biofilm gel layer

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1641-1647

  Poorasgari, E ^a   Larsen, P ^a   Zheng, X ^b   Nielsen, P H ^a   Keiding, K ^b   Christensen, M L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cake resistance; Free EPS; Gel formation; Humic like substances; Irreversibility

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; MICROFILTRATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FILTRATION;

CAKE RESISTANCE; FREE EPS; GEL FORMATION; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; IRREVERSIBILITY;

MEMBRANES;

WATER;

ADSORPTION; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; FOULING; GEL; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER EXCHANGE;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; GEL; HYPOBARISM; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ADSORPTION; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; GELS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84900428451     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.068     Document Type: Article

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