Fouling mechanisms of gel layer in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-302

  Hong, Huachang ^a   Zhang, Meijia ^a   He, Yiming ^a   Chen, Jianrong ^a   Lin, Hongjun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gel layer formation; Interaction energy; Membrane fouling; Osmotic pressure; Specific filtration resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; GELATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; GEL LAYER FORMATION; HIGHER-ENERGY BARRIERS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SPECIFIC FILTRATION RESISTANCE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

MICROFILTRATION;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; GEL; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FILTRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SURFACE TENSION; WATER QUALITY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; DEVICES; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COLLOID;

BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; COLLOIDS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84902153861     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.063     Document Type: Article

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