Microfiltration membrane material properties and surface water characteristics: effects on membrane fouling

• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Water; Water purification; Membrane filtration; Membrane separation; Filters and filtration; Master of Science in Environmental Engineering; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Fairbanks; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12745

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010 "Surface water can be challenging to treat due to high concentrations of organic matter. Membrane filtration produces high quality effluent but membrane fouling reduces system efficiency. A bench-scale, dead end filtration system was used to in...