Car wash industry in Malaysia: Treatment of car wash effluent using ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-31

  Lau, W J ^a   Ismail, A F ^a   Firdaus, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Car wash effluent; COD removal; Conductivity; Nanofiltration; Turbidity; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

COD REDUCTION; COD REMOVAL; FLUX RECOVERY; MALAYSIA; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; PERMEATE FLUX; RETENTION RATE; SEPARATION RATE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TREATMENT PROCESS; TURBIDITY REMOVAL; UF MEMBRANES; WATER PRODUCTION;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EID: 84870313049     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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