Biofilm formation, cleaning, re-formation on polyamide composite membranes

Desalination

Volumn 257, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Subramani, Arun ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Nanofiltration; Polyamide; Reverse osmosis; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE BOND; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM REACTORS; CLEANING AGENTS; CLEANING CHEMICALS; COMMERCIAL POLYAMIDE; CONTACT ANGLE ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DISCRETE LOCATION; EXOPOLYMERS; LIQUID CONTACT; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROCOLONIES; NUTRIENT MEDIA; POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; RO MEMBRANE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE CLEANING;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; EXOPOLYMER; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; ROUGHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77951117921     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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