Experiences from the Adelaide Desalination project: Ultrafiltration cleaning optimisation-from pilot to fullscale operation

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 397-406

  Dixon, Mike ^a   Ayala, Vanesa ^b   Hijos, Guillermo ^b   Pelekani, Con ^a  

^a South Australia Water Corporation   (Australia)

^b Acciona Agua   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Fouling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875783250     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.700019     Document Type: Article

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