Impact of ultrasonic pre-treatment on the microfiltration of a biologically treated municipal effluent

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-79

  Hakata, Yoko ^a   Roddick, Felicity ^a   Fan, Linhua ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biologically treated effluent; Feed pre treatment; Fouling mitigation; Microfiltration; Municipal effluent; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRASONICS;

EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FOULING MITIGATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRE-TREATMENT; TREATED EFFLUENT;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FOULING; FRAGMENTATION; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84882673856     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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