Coupling air-assisted backwash and rinsing steps: a new way to improve ultrafiltration process operation for inside-out hollow fibre modules

Desalination

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 71-77

  Bessiere, Y ^a   Guigui, C ^a   Remize, P J ^a   Cabassud, C ^a  

^a INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Fouling; Process management; Water production

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

AIR INJECTIONS; COUPLED PROCESS; DEAD-END FILTRATIONS; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTIONS; DRINKING WATERS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVINGS; FOULING CONTROLS; HOLLOW FIBRES; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANES; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; NATURAL SURFACES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION COSTS; SINGLE PHASE; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS; TWO - PHASE FLOWS; ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS; WATER PRODUCTION;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FOULING; MEMBRANE; SURFACE WATER; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 62549147615     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.01.049     Document Type: Article

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