Removal of assimilable organic carbon and biodegradable dissolved organic carbon by reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Escobar, Isabel C ^a   Hong, Seungkwan ^a   Randall, Andrew A ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilable organic carbon (AOC); Biostability; Organic separation; Reverse osmosis (RO); Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISSOLUTION; ELECTROSTATICS; INORGANIC ACIDS; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PH EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BIODEGRADABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; CHARGE REPULSION;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CARBON;

NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; REMOVAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034257237     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(00)00398-7     Document Type: Article

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