Membrane fouling in microfiltration of oil-in-water emulsions; a comparison between constant pressure blocking laws and genetic programming (GP) model

Desalination

Volumn 329, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-49

  Fouladitajar, Amir ^a   Zokaee Ashtiani, Farzin ^a   Okhovat, Ahmad ^a   Dabir, Bahram ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blocking laws; Genetic programming (GP); Membrane fouling; Oil in water emulsion

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING LAWS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; FOULING MECHANISMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING MODELING; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; INTERMEDIATE MODEL; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS;

EMULSIONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION;

GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

EMULSION; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MODELING;

EID: 84884725666     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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