The effects of intermittent permeate flow and crossflow on membrane coalescence of oil-in-water emulsions

Desalination

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 185-191

  Hong, Amauri C ^a   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b   Burford, Robert P ^a  

^a UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demulsification; Droplet coalescence; Intermittent operation; Microfiltration; Oil in water emulsion

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CROSS FLOW VELOCITY;

DESALINATION;

COALESCENCE; INTERMITTENT FLOW; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; OIL-WATER EMULSION;

EID: 0037056691     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00310-7     Document Type: Article

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