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An Integrated Fouling Monitoring Technique for a Water Treatment Microfiltration Process
Author(s) -
Chen W.H.,
Hsieh Y.H.,
Tung K. L.,
Li Y. L.,
Lai S. C.,
Lin N. J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201000003
Subject(s) - microfiltration , fouling , membrane fouling , filtration (mathematics) , process (computing) , process engineering , water treatment , membrane , environmental science , materials science , environmental engineering , chemistry , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , statistics , mathematics , operating system
An integrated, online fouling monitoring technique that provides dynamic and real‐time information of membrane fouling during a water treatment membrane process was developed. This technique has preliminarily been demonstrated for monitoring particulate fouling in a water treatment microfiltration process using a single photo sensor. The results of the online dynamic analysis suggest that this technique provides in situ measurement of fouling layer thickness, dynamic analysis of the fouling layer structure, and monitoring of water quality during the membrane filtration process.