Evaluation of MF and UF as pretreatments prior to RO applied to reclaim municipal wastewater for freshwater substitution in a paper mill: A practical experience

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-98

  Ordóñez, Ruth ^a   Hermosilla, Daphne ^a   Pío, Ignacio San ^b   Blanco, Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Parque Industrial 'La Cantueña'   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fouling; Microfiltration; Paper industry; Reclaimed water; Reverse osmosis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MEMBRANES; CLEANING OPERATIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; FEED WATER; FREE CHLORINE; FRESH WATER; HIGH QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PAPER MILL; PERMEATE QUALITY; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; PRE-TREATMENTS; RE-CLAIMED WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SALT REJECTIONS; SOAKING TIME;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MICROFILTRATION; PAPER; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PILOT PLANTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALT REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CHLORINE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PAPER MAKING; RECLAMATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER;

EID: 78650310467     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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