Pretreatment to enhance flux of ultrafiltration

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 80-88

  Zhenga, Liu ^a   Huaqianga, C ^a   Bingzhib, Dong ^b   Feia, Sun ^a   Haoa, Liu ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Hydrophobicity; Molecular weight; Pretreatment; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052403574     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.1790     Document Type: Article

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