ASM

It has been found by recent researchers that the dominating fouling agents causing membrane pore blocking are extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) which seem to be produced by micro-organisms which make up the biomass. The other form of fouling caused by cake biomass build up on the membrane sur

In this study, a mathematical model has been developed for the submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) combining the activated sludge model No.1 (ASM1) with a membrane fouling model. The ASM1 was modified to take account into biological characteristics of the SMBR process, and the resistance-in-series