Nanofiltration

Advanced Membrane Technology and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 271-295

  Van Der Bruggen, Bart ^a   Geens, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nanofiltration in drinking water and process water production; Nanofiltration process principles; Solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) application

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649448675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470276280.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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