Modeling of RO/NF membrane rejections of PhACs and organic compounds: A statistical analysis

Drinking Water Engineering and Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-15

  Yangali Quintanilla, V ^a,b   Kim, T U ^c   Kennedy, M ^a   Amy, G ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DIPOLE MOMENT; DRUG PRODUCTS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LINEAR REGRESSION; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COMPOUND PROPERTY; MEMBRANE REJECTION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NEUTRAL COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERIC HINDRANCES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 68049142444     PISSN: 19969457     EISSN: 19969465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/dwes-1-7-2008     Document Type: Article

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