A comparison of hydrodynamic methods for mitigating particle fouling in submerged membrane filtration

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Hwang, Kuo Jen ^a   Chan, Chih Sheng ^a   Chen, Fung Fu ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backwash; Filtration resistance; Microfiltration; Particle fouling; Submerged membrane filtration

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOULING; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES;

AERATION INTENSITY; BACKWASH; CONSTANT PRESSURE FILTRATIONS; FILTRATION PRESSURES; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; PARTICLE FOULING; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE FILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 57149111727     PISSN: 03681653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcice.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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