Fouling indices for low pressure hollow fiber membrane performance assessment

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2627-2637

  Nguyen, Anh H ^a   Tobiason, John E ^b   Howe, Kerry J ^c  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Backwash; Chemical clean; Constant flux; Fouling index; Irreversible fouling; Low pressure

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; MEMBRANE FOULING;

BACKWASH; CONSTANT FLUXES; FOULING INDICES; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LOW PRESSURES;

MEMBRANES;

SURFACE WATER;

DATA SET; FOULING; LOW PRESSURE; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE;

EID: 79953163114     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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