Hollow fiber ultrafiltration of Ottawa River water: Floatation versus sedimentation pre-treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 288, Issue , 2016, Pages 228-237

  Walker, Steven ^a   Narbaitz, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Colored river water; Floatation; Hydrophobic NOM; Membrane pretreatment; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; FILTRATION; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

FLOATATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HYDROPHOBIC FRACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC NOM; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRE-TREATMENT; RIVER WATER;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84949971049     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.11.064     Document Type: Article

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