Treatment of secondary effluent with biological activated carbon to reduce fouling of microfiltration membranes caused by algal organic matter from Microcystis aeruginosa

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 496, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-131

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

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal organic matter; Biological activated carbon; Membrane fouling; Microcystin; Microcystis aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL ORGANIC MATTERS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALGAL ORGANIC MATTER; BIOPOLYMER; MICROCYSTIN LR; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CYANOPHAGE; FOULING ORGANISM; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84941242524     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.08.063     Document Type: Article

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