Mechanisms of action of particles used for fouling mitigation in membrane bioreactors

Water Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-52

  Loulergue, P ^a,b,c   Weckert, M ^a,b,c,d   Reboul, B ^a,b,c   Cabassud, C ^a,b,c   Uhl, W ^d   Guigui, C ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cake composition; Cake structure; Fouling engineering; Fouling mitigation; MBR; Particle addition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; COMPRESSIBILITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC CARBON; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); BIOREACTORS; BODY FLUIDS;

BIOFLUIDS; CAKE COMPOSITION; CAKE COMPRESSIBILITIES; CAKE STRUCTURE; FOULING ENGINEERING; FOULING MITIGATION; GLOBAL SCALE; MBR; PARTICLE ADDITION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE FILTERABILITIES; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTERS;

BIOREACTORS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

MELAMINE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ANTIFOULING; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIBILITY; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY; BIOFOULING; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING MITIGATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; POROSITY;

EID: 84906763992     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.035     Document Type: Article

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