A comparative study of biological activated carbon, granular activated carbon and coagulation feed pre-treatment for improving microfiltration performance in wastewater reclamation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-155

  Pramanik, Biplob Kumar ^a   Roddick, Felicity A ^a   Fan, Linhua ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological activated carbon; Biopolymers; Empty bed contact time; Fouling; Microfiltration

Indexed keywords

FOULING; MICROFILTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; PRE-TREATMENT;

BIOPOLYMERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84908635427     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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