Cleaning kinetics and related mechanisms of bacillus cereus spore removal during an alkaline cleaning of a tubular ceramic microfiltration membrane

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 235-251

  Blanpain Avet, P ^a   Faille, C ^a   Benezech T ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus spores; Cleaning kinetics; Cleaning in place; Microfiltration; Removal kinetics; Sodium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954200446     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.252     Document Type: Article

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