Impact of iron dosing of membrane bioreactors on membrane fouling

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 252, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-248

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Leslie, Greg L ^a   Waite, T David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferric chloride; Fouling; Iron speciation; Membrane bioreactor; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; PHOSPHORUS;

FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON SPECIATIONS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL;

IRON;

EID: 84901403397     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.04.106     Document Type: Article

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