Treatment of oily waste water using low-cost ceramic membrane: Flux decline mechanism and economic feasibility

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2840-2869

  Nandi, B K ^a   Uppaluri, R ^a   Purkait, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Microfiltration; Oily wastewater; Pore blocking; Process economics

Indexed keywords

BATCH MODES; BORIC ACIDS; CAKE FILTRATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CIRCULAR DISK; CRUDE OIL; DEAD END MICROFILTRATION; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; FLUX DECLINE; GAIN INSIGHT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INORGANIC PRECURSOR; MEMBRANE PLANTS; MEMBRANE PORES; O/W EMULSIONS; OIL CONCENTRATION; OIL REJECTION; OIL-IN-WATER (O/W) EMULSION; OILY WASTE; OILY WASTEWATER; PASTE METHOD; PERMEATE FLUX; PORE BLOCKING; PORE DIAMETERS; PROCESS ECONOMICS; PURE WATER; RETAIL PRICE; SEM ANALYSIS; SINGLE STAGE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM METASILICATE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

CALCIUM; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COSTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECONOMICS; EMULSIONS; INORGANIC ACIDS; KAOLIN; MEMBRANE FOULING; OXIDE MINERALS; PERMEATION; POROUS MATERIALS; QUARTZ; SEWAGE; SODIUM; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING;

MICROFILTRATION;

CERAMICS; EMULSION; FOULING; HYDRAULICS; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PRECURSOR; WASTEWATER;

EID: 70350545644     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390903136004     Document Type: Article

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