Performance comparison and pretreatment evaluation of three water treatment membrane pilot plants treating low turbidity water

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-122

  Farahbakhsh, K ^a   Smith, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Fouling; Hollow fibre membranes; Microfiltration; PAC; Pretreatment; Ultrafiltration; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644311958     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S02-006     Document Type: Review

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