Evaluation of an innovative polyvinyl chloride (PVC) ultrafiltration membrane for wastewater treatment

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Zhang, Xuezhi ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^a   Konsowa, A H ^a   Zhu, Xiaoshan ^a   Crittenden, John C ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fouling; Hollow fiber membrane; PVC; RO pretreatment; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

AMINO SUGAR; FOULANTS; FULVIC ACIDS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HUMIC ACID; INNER SURFACES; MEMBRANE FLUXES; PERMEATE FLUX; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT SYSTEMS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; RO PRETREATMENT; RO PROCESS; SEM-EDX; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER EFFLUENTS; WATER RECLAMATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PILOT PLANTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REMOVAL; SODIUM; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

EID: 77349112186     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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