Fundamentals of Fouling

Membrane Technology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-23

  Field, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cake layer; Carman Kozeny equation; Chemically enhanced backwash; Concentration polarization; Critical flux; Electro dip coat paints; Fouling mechanisms; Hydraulic resistance; Membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884767050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527631407.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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