Pre-treatments to reduce fouling of low pressure micro-filtration (MF) membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 231-240

  Fabris, Rolando ^a   Lee, Eun Kyung ^b   Chow, Christopher W K ^a   Chen, Vicki ^b   Drikas, Mary ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fouling; Microfiltration; MIEX ; NOM; PAC

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; COAGULATION; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM);

MICROFILTRATION;

ADSORBENT; DRINKING WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ADSORBENTS; COAGULATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FOULING PREVENTION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

EID: 33846807833     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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