Fouling characteristics of microfiltration membranes by organic and inorganic matter and evaluation of flux recovery by chemical cleaning

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 37-39, 2014, Pages 6920-6929

  Woo, Yun Chul ^a   Lee, Jae Kyu ^b   Kim, Han Seung ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b Environmental Technology Institute Coway CoLtd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical cleaning; Cleaning sequence; Flux recovery; Fouling; Microfiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926178348     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.825885     Document Type: Article

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