Recycling of spent filter backwash water using coagulation-assisted membrane filtration: Effects of submicrometre particles on membrane flux

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1923-1929

  Huang, Chihpin ^a   Lin, Jr Lin ^a   Wu, C L ^a   Chu, C P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Membrane filtration; MF; Spent filter backwash water

Indexed keywords

CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; COAGULATED FLOCS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MF; MF MEMBRANE; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; PORE BLOCKING; PORE CLOGGING; PRE-COAGULATION; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SPENT FILTER BACKWASH WATER; SUBMICROMETRE PARTICLES;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PHASE SEPARATION; PORE SIZE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; ZETA POTENTIAL;

MICROFILTRATION;

COAGULATING AGENT;

COAGULATION; DIAMETER; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROSITY; RECYCLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77953147459     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.146     Document Type: Article

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