Influence of flocs breakage process on membrane fouling in coagulation/ultrafiltration process-Effect of additional coagulant of poly-aluminum chloride and polyacrylamide

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 491, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-72

  Yao, Meng ^a   Nan, Jun ^a   Chen, Ting ^a   Zhan, Dan ^a   Li, Qinggui ^a   Wang, Zhenbei ^a   Li, Haoyu ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Additional coagulant dose; Cake layer; Membrane fouling; Poly aluminum chloride; Polyacrylamide

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; FOULING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; POLYACRYLATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CAKE LAYER; COAGULANT DOSE; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; POLYACRYLAMIDE(PAM); POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COAGULATION ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROSCOPY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84930958738     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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