Comparison of FeCl3 and alum pre-treatment on UF membrane fouling

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 234, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-165

  Yu, Wen zheng ^a   Graham, Nigel ^b   Liu, Hui juan ^a   Qu, Jiu hui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cake layer; Coagulation; Nano scale primary particles; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACES; CAKE LAYER; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; PRIMARY PARTICLES; RATE OF INCREASE; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; POROSITY; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COAGULATION;

EID: 84884398828     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.105     Document Type: Article

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