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Relationship between biofouling and recovery ratio:the theoretical approach and one experimental case

Authors :
Gustavo Capannelli
Antonio Comite
C Sommariva
Aldo Bottino
Source :
Desalination. 204:175-180
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2007.

Abstract

iofouling is the undesirable accumulation of microorganisms on the membrane surface and it is one of themajor problems affecting the performance and the economy of many membrane installations for the treatment ofseawater and wastewater. Unlike inorganic fouling, biological fouling due to microorganisms can be dependent ontheir growth rate. The paper examines from a theoretical point of view the influence of the membrane recoveryratio on the concentration of biomass in the membrane module. An attempt of validation of the model has been triedusing a submerged microfiltration hollow-fibre membrane set-up.

Details

ISSN :
00119164
Volume :
204
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Desalination
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8f557a681a42ce2735e0b41e858a08e9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2006.05.012