Impact of biofiltration pretreatment on performance and fouling of NF membranes

2007 Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Uhl, Wolfgang ^a   Heinicke, Gerald ^b   Persson, Frank ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Destructive membrane analysis; Fouling; LC OCD; Nanofiltration; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILTRATION PRETREATMENT; FEED WATER; FOULING PROBLEMS; GLASS SLIDES; INORGANIC ELEMENTS; INORGANIC FOULING; LC-OCD; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW FLUX; MEMBRANE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FLUXES; NANOFILTERS; NF MEMBRANES; NOM REMOVALS; ORGANIC FOULING; PILOT SCALE; PRE-TREATMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SPECIFIC COMPONENT; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOPOLYMERS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; SILICA; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

FOULING;

EID: 84874700123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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