Retention of emerging micropollutants from UP water and a municipal secondary effluent by ultrafiltration and nanofiltration

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-272

  Acero, Juan L ^a   Benitez, F Javier ^a   Teva, Fernando ^a   Leal, Ana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Municipal secondary effluent; Permeate flux; Removal of emerging contaminants; Retention coefficients; Ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; HIGH PH; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NF MEMBRANES; OPERATING VARIABLES; PERMEATE FLUX; RETENTION COEFFICIENTS; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SIZE EXCLUSION; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRA-PURE WATER;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

EID: 77956652650     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.07.060     Document Type: Article

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