Pre-treatment for ultrafiltration: Effect of pre-chlorination on membrane fouling

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yu, Wenzheng ^a,b   Xu, Lei ^a   Graham, Nigel ^b   Qu, Jiuhui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; POLYMER; THIOACETAMIDE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOGENATION; POROSITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; DISINFECTANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HALOGENATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; THIOACETAMIDE; TRIHALOMETHANES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84923328110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06513     Document Type: Article

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