Critical and sustainable fluxes: Theory, experiments and applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 42-69

  Bacchin, P ^a   Aimar, P ^a   Field, R W ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloid; Critical flux; Fouling; Microfiltration; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CRITICAL FLUX; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; SUSTAINABLE FLUXES;

PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES;

COLLOIDS; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BIOFOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOFILTRATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 33746678004     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.04.014     Document Type: Review

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