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Xinhua Wang1, Bo Yuan1, Yao Chen1

  • 1Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.

Bioresource Technology
|June 29, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
Forward osmosisMembrane foulingMicro-filtrationOsmotic membrane bioreactorSalinity

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