Influence of backwashing, flux and temperature on microfiltration for wastewater reuse

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-153

  Raffin, M ^a   Germain, E ^b   Judd, S J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backwash; Flux; Fouling rate; Microfiltration; Municipal wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; BACK-FLUSHING; BACKWASH; CRITICAL FLUX; FEEDWATER; FOULING RATE; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMISATIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; PROCESS ECONOMICS; PROCESS THROUGHPUT; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER REUSE;

EFFLUENTS; FLUXES; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

WATER FILTRATION;

EID: 84862703154     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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