Chemical cleaning of membranes from an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating food industry wastewater

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-188

  Ramos, C ^a   Zecchino, F ^a   Ezquerra, D ^a   Diez, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

AnMBR; Chemical cleaning in air; Chemically enhanced backwash; Oil and grease; Submerged chemical cleaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894365980     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.067     Document Type: Article

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