Modification of PES membrane: Reduction of biofouling and improved flux recovery

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4099-4112

  Kouwonou, Yao ^a   Malaisamy, Ramamoorthy ^a   Jones, Kimberly L ^a  

^a School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux recovery; Membrane biofouling; Membrane surface modification; Microfiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ACRYLIC ACIDS; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; E. COLI; FLUX RECOVERY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPIES; IRRADIATION TIMES; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE CLEANINGS; MEMBRANE SURFACE MODIFICATION; MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANES; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; MONOMER CONCENTRATIONS; PES MEMBRANES; POLYETHER SULFONES; UV LIGHTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

ACRYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION; COPOLYMER; GRAFTING; IRRADIATION; MEMBRANE; MONOMER; POLYETHER SULFONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 58149178168     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390802414726     Document Type: Article

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