Effect of surface roughness on fouling of RO and NF membranes during filtration of a high organic surficial groundwater

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 559-570

  Hobbs, Colin ^a   Hong, Seungkwan ^b   Taylor, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydrophobicity; Membrane fouling; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Surface charge; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MEMBRANE FOULING; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PEAKS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER TREATMENT;

FOULING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845254566     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2006.038     Document Type: Article

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