Particle deposition and biofilm formation on microstructured membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Ngene, Ikenna S ^a   Lammertink, Rob G H ^a   Wessling, Matthias ^a   Van der Meer, Walter G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofouling; CFD; Recirculation zones; Spacers; Structured membranes; Wall shear

Indexed keywords

CFD; RECIRCULATION ZONES; SPACERS; STRUCTURED MEMBRANES; WALL SHEAR;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFOULING; ECOLOGY; MEMBRANES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957947981     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.048     Document Type: Article

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