Rejection of pharmaceutically active compounds and endocrine disrupting compounds by clean and fouled nanofiltration membranes

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2349-2362

  Yangali Quintanilla, V ^a,b   Sadmani, A ^a   McConville, M ^a,b   Kennedy, M ^a   Amy, G ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Fouling; Membrane; Nanofiltration; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FOULING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SODIUM ALGINATE; WATER FILTRATION;

ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTORS; HYDROPHILIC NEUTRALS; HYDROPHOBIC NEUTRAL; IONIC COMPOUNDS; NEUTRAL COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; SIZE EXCLUSION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION;

NANOFILTRATION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALGINIC ACID; ATRAZINE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; IBUPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; NONYLPHENOL; PARACETAMOL; PHENACETIN; PHENAZONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; NANOFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 65449123059     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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