Performance of hydrophobic ultrafiltration membranes in the treatment and protein recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 332-338

  Mohammad, Abdul Wahab ^a   Yap, Peng Tong ^a   Wu, Ta Yeong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic membrane; Palm oil mill effluent (POME); Protein recovery; Ultrafiltration; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952540965     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.932     Document Type: Article

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