Effects of super-powdered activated carbon pretreatment on coagulation and trans-membrane pressure buildup during microfiltration

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5160-5170

  Matsui, Yoshihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroki ^a   Ohno, Koich ^a   Matsushita, Taku ^a   Mima, Satoru ^b   Kawase, Yuji ^b   Aizawa, Takako ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METAWATER Co   (Japan)

^c Japan Water Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floc; Flocculation; Membrane fouling; Membrane permeability; Powdered activated carbon; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE SIZE;

FLOC; MEMBRANE MICROFILTRATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICLE PARTICLE COLLISIONS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PRE-TREATMENT; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

MICROFILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COAGULATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 70649084110     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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