Effect of partial flocculation and adsorption as pretreatment to ultrafiltration

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-216

  Shon, H K ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Ngo, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Pretreatment; Relative molecular mass distribution; Semiadsorption; Semiflocculation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORIDE MINERALS; EFFLUENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ORGANIC MATTER; PRETREATMENTS; RELATIVE MOLECULAR MASS DISTRIBUTION; SEMIADSORPTION; SEMIFLOCCULATION;

FLOCCULATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORIDE MINERALS; EFFLUENTS; FLOCCULATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 33645320586     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10597     Document Type: Article

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