Impact of wetting agents on the filtration performance of polymeric ultrafiltration membranes

Desalination

Volumn 241, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Kochan, J ^a   Wintgens, T ^a   Hochstrat, R ^a   Melin, T ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane material; Ultrafiltration membrane; Wetting agents

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BODY FLUIDS; CAPILLARITY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEIONIZED WATER; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION; WETTING;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITIES; BOVINE-SERUM ALBUMINS; DEXTRAN SOLUTIONS; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION PERIODS; FILTRATION TESTS; FLAT SHEETS; HOLLOW FIBRES; HOLLOW-FIBRE MEMBRANES; ISO PROPYL ALCOHOLS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; PERMEATE FLUXES; POLYETHERSULFONE; PORE WETTING; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRANS-MEMBRANE PRESSURES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; WETTING AGENTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; REDUCTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 62349130699     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.01.056     Document Type: Article

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