Ceramic membrane ultrafiltration of natural surface water with ultrasound enhanced backwashing

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1121-1127

  Boley, A ^a   Narasimhan, K ^a   Kieninger, M ^a   Muller W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Drinking water treatment; Fouling; Membrane filtration; Ultrafiltration; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; FEED WATER; FOULING MEMBRANES; INTEGRITY TESTS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; NATURAL SURFACE; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; PRE-TREATMENT; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; TURBIDITY MEASUREMENTS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

MICROFILTRATION;

SURFACE WATER;

CERAMICS; DRINKING WATER; MEMBRANE; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE WATER; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRASONICS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRASOUND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CERAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77952496958     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.010     Document Type: Article

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