Scale-up methodology for municipal water nanofiltration based on permeate water quality

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-562

  Shetty, Grishma R ^a   Sharma, Ramesh R ^a   Chellam, Shankararaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Drinking water quality; Nanofiltration; Natural organic matter; Pilot studies; Scale up; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOFILTRATION; WATER;

INFORMATION COLLECTION RULE; PERMEATE WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; HALIDE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER;

DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036867594     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109287502320963490     Document Type: Article

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