A review on flux decline control strategies in pressure-driven membrane processes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2843-2861

  Zhang, Wenxiang ^a   Luo, Jianquan ^b   Ding, Luhui ^a   Jaffrin, Michel Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SHEAR FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

APPLIED FIELD; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; HYDRAULIC FLUSHING; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; SHEAR ENHANCED FILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 84925814045     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie504848m     Document Type: Review

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