Rejection of trace organic pollutants with high pressure membranes (NF/RO)

Environmental Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-188

  Verliefde, A R D ^a   Heijman, S G J ^a,b   Cornelissen, E R ^b   Amy, G L ^c   Van Der Bruggen, B ^d   Van Dijk, J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nanofiltration; Organic micropollutants; Rejection; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CHARGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PORE SIZE;

BENCH-SCALE; CHARGE CONCENTRATION; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION MODEL; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; HIGH-PRESSURE MEMBRANES; LOGNORMAL; MASS BALANCING; MODELING APPROACHES; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; ORGANIC SOLUTES; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION MODEL; REJECTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE MODELING; SCALE-UP; UNCHARGED SOLUTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 52649161181     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10272     Document Type: Article

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