Use of capacitive microsensors and ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry for in-situ quantification of concentration polarization and membrane fouling in pressure-driven membrane filtration

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-331

  Zhang, Zhongxia ^a   Bright, Victor M ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive microsensor; Concentration polarization; Filtration; Membrane; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FOULING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFILTRATION; POLARIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CAPACITIVE MICROSENSOR; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION BOUNDARY LAYER (CPBL); MEMBRANE FILTRATION; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 33748057170     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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