Fluorescence-based fouling prediction and optimization of a membrane filtration process for drinking water treatment

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1475-1486

  Peiris, Ramila H ^a   Budman, Hector ^a   Moresoli, Christine ^a   Legge, Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Modeling membrane fouling; Principal component analysis; Real time optimization

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; DYNAMIC BALANCE; FILTRATION PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; FOULING BEHAVIOR; FOULING PREDICTION; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LATENT VARIABLE; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MODEL BASED OPTIMIZATION; NATURAL RIVER; PER UNIT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORECASTING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROFILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

WATER FILTRATION;

EID: 84859502876     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12684     Document Type: Article

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