Decreasing membrane fouling during Chlorella vulgaris broth filtration via membrane development and coagulant assisted filtration

Algal Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-64

  Discart, V ^a   Bilad, M R ^a,b   Moorkens, R ^a   Arafat, H ^b   Vankelecom, Ivo F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Membrane fouling; Microalgae harvesting; Phase inversion; Polyvinylidene fluoride

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 84928672666     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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