Influence of membrane fouling by (pretreated) surface water on rejection of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) by nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 90-103

  Verliefde, A R D ^a   Cornelissen, E R ^b   Heijman, S G J ^a,b   Petrinic, I ^c   Luxbacher, T ^d   Amy, G L ^e   Van der Bruggen, B ^f   van Dijk, J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d ANTON PAAR GMBH   (Austria)

^e UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Charge interactions; Fouling; Nanofiltration; Pharmaceuticals; Rejection

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INTERACTIONS; COLLOIDAL FOULING; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS; FOULING LAYERS; MEMBRANE SURFACES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALS; POLARISATION; PRE TREATMENTS; REJECTION; UNTREATED SURFACE WATERS; WATER TYPES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEIONIZED WATER; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; RESINS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

AMINOPHENAZONE; ATENOLOL; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLENBUTEROL; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DICLOFENAC; FENOPROFEN; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHENAZONE; PINDOLOL; PROPRANOLOL; SALBUTAMOL; SOTALOL; SURFACE WATER; TERBUTALINE;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICITY; FILTRATION; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 60549085906     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.12.039     Document Type: Article

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