Characterisation of membrane fouling deposition and removal by direct observation technique

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Marselina, Yulita ^a   Lifia, ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a   Stuetz, Richard M ^a   Chen, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fouling; Hollow fiber; Microfiltration; Particle deposition; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; CHARACTERISATION; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EROSION MECHANISMS; FLUX CONDITIONS; FOULING LAYERS; FOULING MECHANISMS; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NON-INVASIVE; PARTICLE DEPOSITION; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; REAL TIME; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBERS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VISUALISATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; FIBERS; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; FLUIDIZATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; POROUS MATERIALS; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; FILTER CAKE; FLUIDIZATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 67650502335     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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