TY - JOUR
T1 - Determining the effect of usage and biota upon oxygen flux across tubular silicone membranes
AU - Low, Darryl
AU - Jackson, W. Andrew
AU - Morse, Audra
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Hollow fiber membranes aerate wastewater without bubble formation by separating the liquid and gases phases with a semi-permeable membrane. These membranes have shown to successfully create aerobic conditions within a biological reactor. This research investigated the effect of long term usage and biofilm growth on membrane's ability to transfer oxygen to solution. Results show that oxygen transfer across the membrane decreased significantly compared to unused membranes in areas of high biofilm growth while low biofilm growth showed only slight decreases.
AB - Hollow fiber membranes aerate wastewater without bubble formation by separating the liquid and gases phases with a semi-permeable membrane. These membranes have shown to successfully create aerobic conditions within a biological reactor. This research investigated the effect of long term usage and biofilm growth on membrane's ability to transfer oxygen to solution. Results show that oxygen transfer across the membrane decreased significantly compared to unused membranes in areas of high biofilm growth while low biofilm growth showed only slight decreases.
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U2 - 10.4271/2007-01-3092
DO - 10.4271/2007-01-3092
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85072446290
SN - 0148-7191
JO - SAE Technical Papers
JF - SAE Technical Papers
T2 - 37th International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2007
Y2 - 9 July 2007 through 12 July 2007
ER -