Fundamental understanding of organic matter fouling of membranes

Desalination

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Amy, Gary ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High pressure membranes; Low pressure membranes; Membrane bioreactors; Organic fouling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COAGULATION; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCALE (DEPOSITS);

BACK-WASHING; CHEMICAL-; CLEANING AGENTS; COLLOIDAL FOULING; FOULANTS; HIGH-PRESSURE MEMBRANES; LOW-PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE MATERIALS; ORGANIC FOULING; ORGANIC MATTER; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PRE TREATMENTS;

BIOFOULING;

BIOREACTOR; FOULING; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDRAULICS; LOW PRESSURE; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 49549101623     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.11.037     Document Type: Article

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