Initial testing of electrospun nanofibre filters in water filtration applications

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Bjorge, Decostere ^a   Daels, Nele ^a   de Vrieze, S ^b   Dejans, Pascal ^a   van Camp, Tamara ^b   Audenaert, Wim ^a   Westbroek, Philippe ^a   de Clerck, K ^b   Boeckaert, Charlotte ^a   van Hulle, Stijn W H ^a  

^a Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; MBR; Microfiltration; Nanofibre; Pathogen removal

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROSPINNING; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFIBERS; PATHOGENS; SPINNING (FIBERS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLEAN WATERS; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS;

WATER FILTRATION;

BIOREACTOR; INNOVATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STRENGTH; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 77951109855     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i1.50924     Document Type: Article

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