Sensitive pressure drop measurements of individual lead membrane elements for accurate early biofouling detection

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-99

  Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,b,c   van Paassen, J A M ^d   Kruithof, J C ^b   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^c  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Vitens   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Drinking water; Feed channel pressure drop; Membrane; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ACTIONS; DRINKING WATER; EARLY DETECTION; FEED CHANNEL; FEED CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; MEMBRANE AUTOPSIES; MEMBRANE ELEMENTS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSTALLATION; MEASUREMENTS; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; PRESSURE DROP; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DRINKING WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS SUPPORT; MEMBRANE FILTER; NANOFILTRATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 70149090825     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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