Fouling phenomena in microporous membranes. Flux decline kinetics and structural modifications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-183

  Jonsson, G ^a   Pradanos P ^b   Hernandez A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cake formation; Flux decline; Fouling; Microfiltration; Protein aggregates

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFILTRATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 0029657143     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(95)00286-3     Document Type: Article

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