Influence of crossflow membrane filter geometry and shear rate on colloidal fouling in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration separations

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 357-372

  Hoek, Eric M V ^a   Kim, Albert S ^b   Elimelech, Menachem ^c  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cake resistance; Colloidal fouling; Concentration polarization; Film theory; Mass transfer; Membrane fouling; Nanofiltration; Osmotic pressure; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FOULING; HYDRAULICS; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

COLLOIDAL FOULING; CROSSFLOW MEMBRANE FILTRATION GEOMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FOULING; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR RATE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; FILM; FILTRATION; FOULING CONTROL; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR RATE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036866735     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109287502320963364     Document Type: Article

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