Assessing PAC contribution to the NOM fouling control in PAC/UF systems

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1636-1644

  Campinas, Margarida ^a,b   Rosa, Maria João ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algogenic organic matter; Membrane fouling; NOM; PAC; UF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CLEANING; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALGOGENIC ORGANIC MATTER; EXTRACELLULAR ORGANIC MATTERS; FOULANTS; FOULING CONTROL; HUMIC ACID; HYBRID PROCESS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER FOULING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; TANNIC ACID;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

2 HYDROXYACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; CELLULOSE ACETATE; HUMIC ACID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; TANNIN; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CELLULOSE; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 76749086072     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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