Biofouling and control approaches in membrane bioreactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 221, Issue , 2016, Pages 656-665

  Deng, Lijuan ^a,b   Guo, Wenshan ^b,c   Ngo, Huu Hao ^b,c   Zhang, Hongwei ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a,c   Xia, Siqing ^c   Wu, Yun ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Biofouling control strategies; Membrane bioreactor; Operating conditions; Sludge properties

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFOULING CONTROL; CONTROL APPROACH; CRITICAL ISSUES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; SLUDGE PROPERTIES;

BIOFOULING;

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; CATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; WASTE WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; FOULING CONTROL; LIQUID; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETENTION TIME; REVIEW; SALINITY; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; DEVICES; FLOCCULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84992206914     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.09.105     Document Type: Review

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