Removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from groundwater by reverse osmosis and nanofiltration

Journal of Water Process Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-21

  Altalyan, Hamad N ^a   Jones, Brian ^a   Bradd, John ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a   Alyazichi, Yasir M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botany Bay; Nanofiltration (NF); Reverse osmosis (RO); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949599803     PISSN: 22147144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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