Fouling mitigation for hollow-fiber UF membrane by sonication

Desalination

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Li, Xu ^a   Yu, Jinsong ^a   Nnanna, A G Agwu ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtration; Fouling; Hollow fiber UF membrane; Sonication; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION PROCESS; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; FOULING MITIGATION; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; OFFLINE; PERMEATE FLUX; POWER INTENSITY; SYNTHETIC CLAYS; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION;

FIBERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SONICATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

MICROFILTRATION;

DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 80054868240     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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