Characterization of membrane foulants in an anaerobic non-woven fabric membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment

• Published in: Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) Vol. 155; no. 3; pp. 709 - 715
• Main Authors: An, Ying, Wang, Zhiwei, Wu, Zhichao, Yang, Dianhai, Zhou, Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 15.12.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR); Applied sciences; Biological and medical sciences; Bioreactors; Biotechnology; Chemical engineering; EPS; Exact sciences and technology; Filtration; Fluorescence; Fouling; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General purification processes; Influents; Liquid-liquid and fluid-solid mechanical separations; Membrane fouling; Membranes; Methods. Procedures. Technologies; Non-woven filter material; Others; Pollution; Proteins; Reactors; Scanning electron microscopy; Various methods and equipments; Wastewater treatment; Wastewaters; Water treatment and pollution; Non-woven filter material; Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR); Membrane fouling; Wastewater treatment; Scanning electron microscopy; Organic matter; Fouling; Filtration; Compactness; Fluorescence; Extract; Chromatography; Fluorescence spectrometry; Waste water; Membrane reactor; Bioreactor; Anaerobe; Urban waste water; Waste water purification

Membrane foulants were systematically characterized in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR), in which non-woven fabric was used as the membrane material. In this study, three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy, gel filtration chromatography (GFC), Fourier tran...