A novel scenario for biofouling control of spiral wound membrane systems

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3890-3898

  Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^b   Kruithof, J C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofouling removal; Environmentally friendly biofouling control; Hydrodynamics; NF; Reversed enhanced flow; RO; wMembrane filtration

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BIOFOULING CONTROL; CLEANING STRATEGIES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FOULING MEMBRANES; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITIES; MEMBRANE MODULE; REVERSED ENHANCED FLOW; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

FRESH WATER;

BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROL SYSTEM; FILTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEARITY; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE DROP;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CLEANING; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE SYSTEM;

EID: 79959355055     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.046     Document Type: Article

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