A review of recent advance in fouling mitigation of NF/RO membranes in water treatment: pretreatment, membrane modification, and chemical cleaning

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 870-891

  Zhao, Dongsheng ^a   Yu, Shuili ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical cleaning; Membrane fouling; Membrane modification; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933177346     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.928804     Document Type: Article

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