Fouling in air sparged submerged hollow fiber membranes at sub- and super-critical flux conditions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-180

  Berube P R ^a   Lin, H ^a   Watai, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fouling; Model; Sub and super critical flux conditions

Indexed keywords

FOULING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POTABLE WATER; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

FOULING COEFFICIENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER;

FOULING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POTABLE WATER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCRITICAL FLUID; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 37149037222     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.09.039     Document Type: Article

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