A study on the high-flux MBR system using PTFE flat sheet membranes with chemical backwashing

Desalination

Volumn 306, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-40

  Lee, Eui Jong ^a   Kim, Kwan Yeop ^b   Lee, Yong Soo ^a   Nam, Jong Woo ^a   Lee, Young Soo ^c   Kim, Hyung Soo ^a   Jang, Am ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Posco Engineering and Construction Co   (South Korea)

^c Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical backwashing; Flat sheet membrane; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; CAKE RESISTANCE; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVE; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; FOULING RESISTANCE; HIGH FLUX; HIGH QUALITY; IN-FIELD; LONG-TERM OPERATION; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; OPERATION MODE; PERMEATE FLUX; PILOT SCALE TEST; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; PILOT-SCALE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES; PTFE MEMBRANES; PVDF MEMBRANE; TOTAL RESISTANCE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UPPER LIMITS;

BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

MEMBRANES;

BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84866778842     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.08.031     Document Type: Article

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