Process modelling of ultrafiltration units: An RSM approach

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3687-3695

  Daramola, Michael O ^a   Keesman, K J ^b   Spenkelink, F ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Norit Process Technology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemically enhanced backwashing; Hydraulic backwashing; Modelling; Response surface methodology; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MODELS; PILOT PLANTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACK WASHING; COAGULANT CONCENTRATION; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; EMPIRICAL MODELLING; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SECOND-ORDER REGRESSION MODEL; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 37349116941     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.3687.3695     Document Type: Article

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