Ultrafiltration membrane cleaning with different chemical solutions after treating surface water

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 198-205

  Arnal, J M ^a   Garcia Fayos, B ^a   Sancho, M ^a   Verdu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AQUAPOT; Chemical cleaning; FTIR; SEM EDX; Surface water; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954186466     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.709     Document Type: Article

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