Application of polyacrylamide flocculation with and without alum coagulation for mitigating ultrafiltration membrane fouling: Role of floc structure and bacterial activity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 307, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-48

  Liu, Ting ^a   Lian, Yuanlong ^a   Graham, Nigel ^b   Yu, Wenzheng ^b   Rooney, David ^c   Sun, Kening ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alum; Membrane fouling; Polyacrylamide; Pretreatment; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; POLYACRYLATES; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SURFACE WATERS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUM; CAKE LAYER STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; POLLUTED SURFACE WATERS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84989283201     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.08.063     Document Type: Article

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