Membrane-Based Point-Of-Use Water Treatment (PoUWT) System in Emergency Situations

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 50-67

  Shamsuddin, N ^a   Das, D B ^a   Starov, V M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency situations; fouling mechanisms; fouling substances; membrane filtration; membrane interactions; portable membrane based water treatment device

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; REPAIR; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

EMERGENCY SITUATION; FOULING MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE-BASED;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84945931731     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2014.973967     Document Type: Article

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