The impact of in-line coagulant addition on fouling potential of secondary effluent at a pilot-scale immersed ultrafiltration plant

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 311-318

  Citulski, Joel ^a   Farahbakhsh, Khosrow ^a   Kent, Fraser ^a   Zhou, Hongde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colloids; Fouling; Immersed UF; In line coagulation; Tertiary treatment

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FOULING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE MINERALS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COLLOIDS; IMMERSED UF; IN-LINE COAGULATION; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLLOID; FOULING CONTROL; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 53249095474     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.07.053     Document Type: Article

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