Direct monitoring of sub-critical flux fouling in a horizontal double-end submerged hollow fiber membrane module using ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 451, Issue , 2014, Pages 226-233

  Li, Xianhui ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Cui, Cuizheng ^a   He, Benqiao ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Sub critical flux; Submerged hollow fiber membrane module (SHFMM); Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry (UTDR)

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MONITORING; POLYETHERSULFONE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; REAL-TIME TECHNIQUES; SUB-CRITICAL FLUX FOULING; SUB-CRITICAL FLUXES; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (UTDR); ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

DEPOSITION; MEMBRANE FOULING; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

FIBERS;

POLYETHERSULFONE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE FOULING; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; STEADY STATE; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YEAST;

EID: 84886580080     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.060     Document Type: Article

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