Effect of granular activated carbon addition on the effluent properties and fouling potentials of membrane-coupled expanded granular sludge bed process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 240-246

  Ding, An ^a   Liang, Heng ^a   Qu, Fangshu ^a   Bai, Langming ^a   Li, Guibai ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^b   Guo, Wenshan ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granular activated carbon; Membrane fouling; Membrane resistance; Membrane coupled anaerobic process; Soluble microbial products

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMINO ACIDS; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED PROCESS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; RESISTANCE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHARCOAL; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CONTROL SYSTEM; EFFLUENT; FOULING; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; EFFLUENT; EXCITATION EMISSION FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPANDED GRANULAR SLUDGE BED; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; CHARCOAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84908167892     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.080     Document Type: Article

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