Surfactant-mediated separation processes: Surfactant-enhanced crossflow filtration in nitrate removal from water

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 546-553

  Yildiz, E ^a   Pekdemir, T ^a   Keskinler, B ^a   Cakici, A ^a   Akay, G ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossflow filtration; Drinking water treatment; Nitrate removal; Surfactant enhanced filtration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPOSITION EFFECTS; NITRATES; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

HEXADECLYTRIMETHYLAMMONIUMBROMIDE; PERMEATE FLUX; PSEUDO GEL CONCENTRATION; SURFACTANT MEDIATED SEPARATION PROCESS;

WATER FILTRATION;

FILTRATION-CROSSFLOW; NITRATES; SEPARATION; SURFACTANTS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0005073945     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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