Evaluation of fouling deposition, fouling reversibility and energy consumption of submerged hollow fiber membrane systems with periodic backwash

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 452, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-331

  Akhondi, Ebrahim ^a,b   Wicaksana, Filicia ^a,c   Fane, Anthony Gordon ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Backwash; Energy consumption; Fouling; Submerged hollow fiber membrane; Taguchi's method

Indexed keywords

BACKWASH; FOULING REVERSIBILITIES; MEMBRANE FOULING RATES; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; TAGUCHI EXPERIMENTAL-DESIGN METHOD; TAGUCHI'S METHODS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

DESIGN; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE;

DESIGN; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOULING; MEMBRANES; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING;

EID: 84887581357     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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