A pilot-scale hybrid municipal wastewater reclamation system using combined coagulation and disk filtration, ultrafiltration, and reverse osmosis: Removal of nutrients and micropollutants, and characterization of membrane foulants

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-116

  Chon, Kangmin ^a,b   Cho, Jaeweon ^a,c   Shon, Ho Kyong ^d  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combined coagulation disk filtration process; Membrane foulants; Micropollutants; Reverse osmosis membrane; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; DESORPTION; MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CAKE LAYER FORMATION; CHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; FILTRATION PROCESS; HYDROPHOBIC FRACTIONS; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; PARTICULATE MATERIALS;

MICROFILTRATION;

COAGULATION; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 84878901586     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.198     Document Type: Article

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