Simulation of fouling and backwash dynamics in dead-end microfiltration: Effect of pore size

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 392-393, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-57

  Ando, Tsutomu ^a   Akamatsu, Kazuki ^b   Nakao, Shin ichi ^b   Fujita, Masahiro ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backwash; Dead end microfiltration; Membrane pore size; Particle fouling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BACKWASH; DEAD END MICROFILTRATION; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; PARTICLE FOULING; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE;

MICROFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; DEAD END MICROFILTRATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR PORE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84856104731     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.11.051     Document Type: Article

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