Evolution of fouling deposition and removal on hollow fibre membrane during filtration with periodical backwash

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 198-205

  Ye, Yun ^a   Chen, Vicki ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air scouring; Backwash; Direct observation; Hollow fibre membrane

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION;

AIR SCOURING; BACKWASH; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FOULING DEPOSITIONS; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANE; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; INITIAL COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE SURFACE;

AIR FILTERS;

ALGINATE; BENTONITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

EID: 84866017757     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.087     Document Type: Article

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