Ultrasonic defouling of reverse osmosis membranes used to treat wastewater effluents

On-line ultrasonic cleaning was used to remove fouling from a commercially important polyamide based reverse osmosis membrane during cross-flow filtration of CaSO4, Fe3+ and carboxyl cellulose solutions. In each case, the permeate flux of the membrane increased significantly, with virtually no decre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feng, D., van Deventer, J., Aldrich, Chris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19274