Membrane cleaning in membrane bioreactors: A review

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 276-307

  Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Ma, Jinxing ^a   Tang, Chuyang Y ^b   Kimura, Katsuki ^c   Wang, Qiaoying ^a   Han, Xiaomeng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs); Membrane cleaning; Membrane fouling; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLEANING PROTOCOLS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE CLEANING; RESEARCH EFFORTS;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

ACID; ALKALI; BASE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDIZING AGENT; SURFACTANT;

AERATION; BIOFOULING; BIOSOLID; CLEANING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; VIBRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84903723965     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.060     Document Type: Review

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