Compressibility of fouling layers in membrane bioreactors

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-70

  Poorasgari, Eskandar ^a   Bugge, Thomas Vistisen ^a   Christensen, Morten Lykkegaard ^a   Jørgensen, Mads Koustrup ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fouling; Membrane filtration; Modeling; Specific resistance; Step experiments

Indexed keywords

MODELS;

FOULING LAYERS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES;

FOULING;

COUNTERION;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; COMPRESSION; FILTRATION; GEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84908311809     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.056     Document Type: Article

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