Power induced by bubbles of different sizes and frequencies on to hollow fibers in submerged membrane systems

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6516-6526

  Jankhah, Sepideh ^a   Bérubé, Pierre R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse and pulse bubble sparging; Fouling; Hydrodynamic conditions; Power transfer; Shear stress; Submerged hollow fiber membrane

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

COARSE AND PULSE BUBBLE SPARGING; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; POWER TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; POWER TRANSFERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; ZONE OF INFLUENCES;

MEMBRANES;

BUBBLE; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; SHEAR STRESS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BUBBLE SIZE; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; FOULING CONTROL; GAS; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SPARGING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

COARSE AND PULSE BUBBLE SPARGING; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; POWER TRANSFER; SHEAR STRESS; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE;

BIOFOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84886255519     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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