Membrane performance with a pulp mill effluent: Relative contributions of fouling mechanisms

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-285

  Dal Cin, M M ^a   McLellan, F ^b   Striez, C N ^a   Tam, C M ^a   Tweddle, T A ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b AbitibiBowater Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Fouling; Pulp mill waste; Series resistance; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ADSORPTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EFFLUENTS; FOULING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POLARIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTIVE FOULING; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FLUX LOSS RATIOS; GEL LAYER FORMATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; PORE PLUGGING; SERIES RESISTANCE;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FOULING; MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0030582563     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00151-2     Document Type: Article

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