A new membrane performance index using flow-field flow fractionation (fl-FFF)

Desalination

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Kim, Suhan ^a   Lee, Sungyun ^b   Kim, Chung Hwan ^a   Cho, Jaeweon ^b  

^a Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Colloidal fouling; Flow field flow fractionation (fl FFF); Fouling; Membrane performance index using fl FFF (MPI FFF); Nanofiltration (NF); Organic fouling; Ultrafiltration (UF)

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL FOULING; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; FEED WATER; FLOW-FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FLOW-FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION (FL-FFF); FOULANTS; FOULING TESTS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE INDEX USING FL-FFF (MPI-FFF); NEW APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC FOULING;

MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

FILTRATION; FLOW FIELD; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; INTERFACE; MEMBRANE;

EID: 69349089350     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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