Particle fouling in submerged microfiltration membranes: Effects of hollow-fiber length and aeration rate

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 535-547

  Kim, Jeonghwan ^a   DiGiano, Francis A ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration rate; Fiber length; Fouling; Hollow fiber microfiltration; Permeate flux; Specific cake resistance; Submerged

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DROP; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

AERATION RATE; FIBER LENGTH; PERMEATE FLUX; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCE;

MICROFILTRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROFILTRATION; PRESSURE DROP; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

AERATION; DIFFUSION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PRESSURE DROP; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FILTRATION; HOLLOW SYNTHETIC FIBERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 33845266973     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2006.054     Document Type: Article

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