Microfiltration performance with two-phase flow

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-173

  Qian, Guanglei ^a   Zhou, Jiti ^a   Zhang, Jinsong ^b   Chen, Congcong ^a   Jin, Ruofei ^a   Liu, Wantao ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs); Gas flowrate; Membrane fouling; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMBINATION DEVICES; CRITICAL FLUX; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GAS FLOWRATE; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MEMBRANE TUBES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESIDUAL GAS; SHEAR FORCE;

BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYMERS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

GASES;

EID: 84865830785     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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