Flat sheet MBRs: Analysis of TMP rise and surface mass transfer coefficient

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Field, Robert William ^a   Zhang, Kaisong ^b   Cui, Zhanfeng ^a   Hwang, Byung Kook ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bubble distribution; Flat sheet membrane; Mass transfer; Membrane Bioreactor; Slug bubble; TMP jump; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024185905     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.3134     Document Type: Article

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