Analysis of the major particle-size based foulants responsible for ultrafiltration membrane fouling in polluted raw water

Desalination

Volumn 347, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-198

  Liu, Yongwang ^a   Li, Xing ^a   Yang, Yanling ^a   Ye, Wanlu ^b   Ji, Siyang ^a   Ren, Jiawei ^a   Zhou, Zhiwei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of City Planning   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Particle size; Specific fouling resistance; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COMPONENT ANALYSIS; FILTRATION TESTS; FOULING RESISTANCE; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; SEQUENTIAL FILTRATION; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; STANDARD BLOCKING; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

WATER FILTRATION;

FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84902472965     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.05.039     Document Type: Article

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