Salt stress in a membrane bioreactor: Dynamics of sludge properties, membrane fouling and remediation through powdered activated carbon dosing

Water Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-124

  De Temmerman, L ^a,b   Maere, T ^b   Temmink, H ^a,c   Zwijnenburg, A ^a   Nopens, I ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Fouling remediation; Particle size distribution; Salt shock; Size exclusion chromatography; Submicron particle concentration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FOULING REMEDIATION; PARTICLES CONCENTRATION; PARTICLES-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SALT SHOCK; SALT STRESSS; SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SUBMICRON PARTICLE; SUBMICRON PARTICLE CONCENTRATION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; HUMIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CHARCOAL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION; SALINITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREMEDIATION; FLOCCULATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT STRESS; SLUDGE; SLUDGE BOUND EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCT; SUBMICRON PARTICLE CONCENTRATION; SUPRAMICRON PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE AND WASTE RELATED PHENOMENA; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BIOREACTORS; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84903781217     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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