Fourier wavelets from ultrasonic spectra: A new approach for detecting the onset of fouling during microfiltration of paper mill effluent

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7299-7305

  Sanderson, Ron D ^a   Li, Jianxin ^b   Hallbauer, Dieter K ^a   Sikder, Swapan K ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; ULTRASONICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FOULING LAYERS; FOURIER WAVELETS; ULTRASONIC SPECTRA;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

DETECTION METHOD; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRASONIC CLEANING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FOULING CONTROL; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROFILTRATION; PAPER INDUSTRY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WAVEFORM;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OSCILLOMETRY; PAPER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; PAPER MILLS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

EID: 25144519207     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050414y     Document Type: Article

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