Performance enhancement and fouling mitigation by organic flocculant addition in membrane bioreactor at high salt shock

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-40

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a,b   Gao, Zhongyu ^a   Zhang, Lanhe ^a   Song, Lianfa ^b  

^a NORTHEAST ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances; High salt shock; Membrane bioreactor; Modified fouling index; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING;

EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; HIGH SALTS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODIFIED FOULING INDEX; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

SALT REMOVAL;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOPOLYMER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIUM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOCCULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SALT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; FLOCCULATION; FOULING CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; WASTE WATER; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900508063     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.053     Document Type: Article

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