Measurement of size and number of suspended and dissolved nanoparticles in water for evaluation of colloidal fouling in RO membranes

Desalination

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 78-89

  Park, Kihong ^a   Park, Ji Yeon ^a   Lee, Sungyun ^a   Cho, Jaeweon ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosolization; Colloid nanoparticles; Desalination; Particle size; RO Membrane

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COPPER; DESALINATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPHERES; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACID STABLE NANOFILTRATION (NF) MEMBRANES; AEROSOLIZATION; COLLOID NANOPARTICLES; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION (CP); FEED WATER; HUMIC ACID (HA); IN-SITU; MEMBRANE FILTRATION (MF); PARTICLE COUNTING; PARTICLE PHASE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) MEMBRANES; RIVER WATERS; RO MEMBRANE; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

WATER FILTRATION;

COLLOID; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 58749099603     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.01.038     Document Type: Article

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