A microfluidic membrane chip for in situ fouling characterization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 202-207

  Ngene, Ikenna S ^a   Lammertink, Rob G H ^a   Wessling, Matthias ^a   van der Meer, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct observation; Fouling; Microfiltration; Particle deposition; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEMBRANES; CAKE LAYER; CAKE PROPERTIES; CHANNEL ENTRANCES; CHANNEL MEMBRANES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DEAD-END FILTRATION; DEPOSITION CHARACTERISTICS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; FEED CHANNEL; FOULING CHARACTERIZATION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MONITORING; LOCAL DEPOSITION; LOCAL INFORMATION; MEMBRANE CHIPS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROFILTRATION SYSTEMS; NON-INVASIVE; NONINVASIVE METHODS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; POROUS STRUCTURES;

DEPOSITION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOULING; MEMBRANES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POROUS MATERIALS;

MICROFILTRATION;

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER CAKE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROFILTRATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; BIOCHIP; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY;

EID: 71249088348     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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