Removal of disinfection byproducts from water by carbonized electrospun nanofibrous membranes

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-212

  Singh, Gurdev ^a,b,d   Rana, Dipak ^a   Matsuura, Takeshi ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^b   Narbaitz, Roberto M ^a   Tabe, Shahram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbonized nanofibrous membrane; Disinfection byproducts; Electrospun membrane; Membrane adsorption; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; ADSORPTION PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION OF; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DRINKING WATER; EFFECT OF ADDITION; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPUNS; FEED CONCENTRATION; FEED SOLUTION; HALOACETIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE ADSORPTION; MONOCHLOROACETIC ACID; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STATIC ADSORPTION; TRIHALOMETHANES;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; BYPRODUCTS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; DISINFECTION; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POTABLE WATER; REMOVAL;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 77955510433     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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