Influence of temperature and cleaning on aromatic and semi-aromatic polyamide thin-film composite NF and RO membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-726

  Nilsson, Mattias ^a   Trägårdh, Gun ^a   Östergren, Karin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Elevated temperatures; Membrane performance; Nanofiltration; Retention

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC MEMBRANES; AROMATIC POLYAMIDE (AP); COMBINED EFFECTS; POLYPIPERAZINE; REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) MEMBRANES; WATER PERMEABILITY (WPT);

EID: 48349105083     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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