Membrane independent limiting flux for RO and NF membranes fouled by humic acid

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4767-4773

  Tang, Chuyang Y ^a   Leckie, James O ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOULANT ACCUMULATION; FOULANT INTERACTION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NANOFILTRATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTONS;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CALCIUM; ELECTROLYTE; HUMIC ACID; PROTON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NANOFILTRATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOULING; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NANOFILTRATION; PRESSURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS;

EID: 34447256086     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es063105w     Document Type: Article

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