Advances in Membrane Technologies for Drinking Water Purification

Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-97

  Liu, C ^a  

^a PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; Coagulation; Combined process; Drinking water; Membrane fouling; Microfiltration; Nanofiltration; Nanoparticles; Photocatalytic reactor; Polymeric membranes; Stimulus responsive polymer; Surface modifications; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908231355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382182-9.00030-X     Document Type: Chapter

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