Critical flux enhancement in electrically assisted microfiltration

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-68

  Chiu, T Y ^a   Garcia Garcia, F J ^b  

^a AECOM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrugated membranes; Critical flux; Economic assessment; Electrofiltration; Specific energy consumption

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED MEMBRANES; CRITICAL FLUX; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ELECTROFILTRATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MICROFILTRATION; REMOVAL;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 79952438403     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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