Fouling mechanism and resistance analyses of systems containing sodium alginate, calcium, alum and their combination in dead-end fouling of nanofiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 344, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 244-251

  Listiarini, Karina ^a   Chun, Wei ^a   Sun, Darren D ^a   Leckie, James O ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Fouling; Membrane fouling index (MFI); Nanofiltration; Natural organic matter (NOM)

Indexed keywords

CAKE FORMATION; CAKE LAYER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FOULING MECHANISMS; MODEL COMPONENTS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); PERMEATE FLUX; RESISTANCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM ALGINATES; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

ALGINATE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CALCIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70049103974     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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