Organic nanocolloid fouling in UF membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 209-219

  Kwon, Boksoon ^a   Cho, Jaeweon ^a   Park, Noeon ^a   Pellegrino, John ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Fouling; Natural organic matter; Organic nanocolloids; Polyethersulfone; Regenerated cellulose; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DIALYSIS; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); ORGANIC NANOCOLLOIDS; POLYETHERSULFONE; REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

DIALYSIS MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POLYETHERSULFONE; WATER;

COLLOIDS; DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS MEMBRANES; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33744543967     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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