Fatty acid fouling of reverse osmosis membranes: Implications for wastewater reclamation

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4393-4403

  Ang, Wui Seng ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent organic matter; Fatty acids; Flux decline; Fouling; Membranes; Reverse osmosis; Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FOULING; IONS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SOLUTION MINING;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CALCIUM ION CONCENTRATION; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; FLUX DECLINE; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIFOULING AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; FATTY ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADHESION; CALCIUM; EFFLUENT; FATTY ACID; FOULING; ION; MEMBRANE; PH; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CONTACT ANGLE; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 52949125257     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.032     Document Type: Article

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