Hybridization of physical cleaning and quorum quenching to minimize membrane biofouling and energy consumption in a membrane bioreactor

Water Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Weerasekara, Nuwan A ^a   Choo, Kwang Ho ^a   Lee, Chung Hak ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Energy consumption; Membrane bioreactor; Physical cleaning; Quorum quenching

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFOULING; CLEANING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; QUENCHING; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AERATION INTENSITY; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; FOULING CONTROL; HYBRIDISATION; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE ENERGY; PHYSICAL CLEANINGS; QUORUM QUENCHING; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS;

BIOREACTORS;

AERATION; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY USE; HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH VESSEL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; QUORUM SENSING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVALUATION STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; ENERGY METABOLISM; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORUS; QUORUM SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84907535412     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.049     Document Type: Article

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