SDI: Is it a reliable fouling index?

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 43-48

  Alhadidi, A ^a   Kemperman, A J B ^a   Schippers, J C ^b   Wessling, M ^a   van der Meer, W G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fouling index; Membrane resistance; Modified fouling index (MFI); Particle concentration; SDI MFI mathematical relation; Silt density index (SDI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025363630     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.683102     Document Type: Article

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