Chemical foam cleaning as an efficient alternative for flux recovery in ultrafiltration processes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 433-439

  Gahleitner, B ^a   Loderer, C ^a   Saracino, C ^a   Pum, D ^a   Fuchs, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

AnMBR; Chemical cleaning; Foam cleaning; Foamed cleaning agents; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ANMBR; CERAMIC ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL FOAM CLEANING; CLEANING AGENTS; CLEANING PROCEDURES; CROSS-FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; CITRIC ACID; COST REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

CITRIC ACID; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; HYPOCHLORITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOAM; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84885895294     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.046     Document Type: Article

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