Water hammer reduces fouling during natural water ultrafiltration

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1113-1120

  Broens, F ^a   Menne, D ^b   Pothof, I ^c   Blankert, B ^d   Roesink, H D W ^d   Futselaar, H ^d   Lammertink, R G H ^e   Wessling, M ^b,e  

^a Convergence BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d Pentair X Flow BV   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fouling; Ultrafiltration; Water hammer

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER HAMMER;

FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; HIGH FLUX; NATURAL WATERS; PERMEATE FLOW; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS; VALVE CLOSURE; WATER-HAMMER;

FOULING;

SURFACE WATER;

FOULING; INERTIA; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VALVE; VELOCITY; WATER HAMMER; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84856084406     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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