Comparative assessment of hydrophobic and hydrophilic membrane fouling in wastewater applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Maximous, Nermen ^a   Nakhla, G ^a   Wan, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fouling; Hydrophilic; Hydrophobic; Polysaccharides; Protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CAKE LAYER; CAKE RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING RATE; HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHILIC MEMBRANES; HYDROPHOBIC; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; PROTEIN REJECTION; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; RESISTANCE-IN-SERIES MODEL; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SOLUTE REJECTION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER APPLICATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; POLYSACCHARIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

MICROFILTRATION;

CELLULOSE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUTE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649271520     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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