Characterization of membrane fouling in a microfiltration ceramic membrane system treating secondary effluent

Desalination

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 324-331

  Zhu, Hongtao ^a,b   Wen, Xianghua ^a   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Membrane fouling; Microfiltration; Secondary effluent

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TREATMENT; BACK WASHING; CERAMIC MICROFILTRATION; CITRIC ACID SOLUTION; CONDUCTING MEMBRANE; FEED WATER; FOULANTS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; OPERATING TIME; PILOT SCALE; PRE-TREATMENT; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; TURNING POINTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER VOLUMES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CITRIC ACID; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SODIUM; WASHING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

CERAMICS; CITRIC ACID; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 83255185103     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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