Applicability of nanofiltration in the carwash industry

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Boussu, K ^a   Kindts, C ^a   Vandecasteele, C ^a   Van der Bruggen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carwash; Nanofiltration; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PURIFICATION; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARWASH INDUSTRY; FILTRATION EXPERIMENTS; HIGH WATER PERMEABILITY; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANES;

NANOFILTRATION;

EID: 33846885881     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2006.08.024     Document Type: Article

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