Effects of air sparging, cross flow velocity and pressure on permeation flux enhancement in industrial oily wastewater treatment using microfiltration

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 33-40

  Hemmati, Mahmood ^a   Rekabdar, Fatemeh ^a   Gheshlaghi, Ali ^a   Salahi, Abdolhamid ^b   Mohammadi, Toraj ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air sparging; Cross flow filtration; Fouling control; Industrial oily wastewater; Membrane fouling; Microfiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025320924     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.669155     Document Type: Article

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