Membrane filtration for cold regions - Impact of cold water on membrane integrity monitoring tests

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Farahbakhsh, Khosrow ^a   Smith, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusive air flow test; Low pressure membranes; Membrane integrity monitoring; Microfiltration; Pathogen removal; Pressure decay test; Ultrafiltration; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR FLOW; COLD REGIONS; DIFFUSIVE AIR FLOW TEST; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY MONITORING; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; PRESSURE DECAY TEST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

LIQUID MEMBRANES;

EID: 33846860834     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S06-037     Document Type: Article

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