Removal of divalent cations reduces fouling of ultrafiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Abrahamse, A J ^a   Lipreau, C ^a   Li, S ^b   Heijman, S G J ^a,b  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backwash water; Calcium; Fouling; Magnesium; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POSITIVE IONS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SODIUM; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BACK WASHING; BACKWASH WATER; CATION EXCHANGES; DIFFERENT TYPES; DIVALENT CATIONS; DIVALENT IONS; ELSEVIER (CO); ION CONCENTRATIONS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LINEAR RELATIONS; MILLI-Q WATER; PRE TREATMENTS; RAW WATER (RW); ULTRAFILTRATION (UF) MEMBRANES;

FOULING;

CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ALKALI METALS; ALLOY; CATIONS; CONCENTRATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUID MECHANICS; FOULING; HYDRAULICS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANES; PRINTING PLATES; SODIUM; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER;

EID: 48149104056     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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