Understanding fouling behaviour of ultrafiltration membrane processes and natural water using principal component analysis of fluorescence excitation-emission matrices

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 357, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 62-72

  Peiris, Ramila H ^a   Budman, Hector ^a   Moresoli, Christine ^a   Legge, Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Membrane fouling; Natural water; Principal component analysis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CROSS-FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; FOULANTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INSTRUMENTAL SENSITIVITY; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; NATURAL WATER; NATURAL WATERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RIVER WATER; SCORE ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROCOMPUTERS; POTABLE WATER; PROTEINS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 77953024037     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.03.047     Document Type: Article

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