Long-term operation of biological activated carbon pre-treatment for microfiltration of secondary effluent: Correlation between the organic foulants and fouling potential

Water Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 405-414

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

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological activated carbon; Biologically treated secondary effluent; Microfiltration; Organic fouling; Organic fractions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PORE SIZE;

% REDUCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICALLY TREATED SECONDARY EFFLUENT; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FOULANTS; ORGANIC FOULING; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANICS; PRE-TREATMENTS; SECONDARY EFFLUENT;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEIN; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHARCOAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBOHYDRATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTEIN; REDUCTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REDUCTION; TURBIDITY; ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHARCOAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84953271042     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.041     Document Type: Article

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