Flux decline along the flow channel in tubular ultrafiltration modules

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1551-1561

  Nordin, Anna Karin ^a   Jönsson, Ann Sofi ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bleach plant effluent; Flux prediction; Multi component solutions; Tubular membranes; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BLEACH PLANT; BLEACH PLANT EFFLUENT; MULTICOMPONENTS; TUBULAR MEMBRANES;

BLEACHING; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; FLOW VELOCITY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SILICA; ULTRAFILTRATION; VELOCITY;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 74249096575     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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