Membrane fouling mitigation: Membrane cleaning

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 858-872

  Lin, Justin Chun Te ^a,b   Lee, Duu Jong ^a   Huang, Chihpin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Fouling; Removability; Resistance; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

CLEANING EFFICIENCY; CLEANING METHODS; LIMITING FLUX; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE PROCESS;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

CLEANING; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; REMOVAL;

EID: 77951678402     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496391003666940     Document Type: Article

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