Monitoring of CaSO4 deposition behaviors on biofilm during nanofiltration via ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry (UTDR)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2853-2861

  Hou, Y L ^a   Li, J X ^a   Gao, Y N ^a   Xu, X C ^a   Cai, Y ^a   Yang, N ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; CaSO4; Membrane fouling; Nanofiltration; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CAKE-ENHANCED OSMOTIC PRESSURE; CASO4; COMBINED FOULING; CRYSTAL NUCLEI; DEPOSITION BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL; FLUX DECLINE; FOULING LAYERS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NON DESTRUCTIVE; SEM IMAGE; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CALCIUM; MEMBRANE FOULING; METALLIC GLASS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; ULTRASONICS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM SULFATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; OSMOSIS; POLYSACCHARIDE; REAL TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REFLECTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM SULFATE; FILTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ULTRASONICS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77954510323     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.165     Document Type: Article

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