Effect of hypochlorite cleaning on the physiochemical characteristics of polyvinylidene fluoride membranes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1050-1056

  Wang, Pan ^a   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Wu, Zhichao ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Yang, Dianhai ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane bioreactor; Membrane cleaning; Membrane fouling; Polyvinylidene fluoride; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLEANING SOLUTION; FLAT SHEET MEMBRANES; HIGH DOSE; LIFE SPAN; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OPERATION TIME; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; PILOT SCALE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PURE WATER; PVDF MEMBRANE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SPECTRA ANALYSIS; ULTIMATE ELONGATION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CONTACT ANGLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROMETALLURGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

EID: 77955920166     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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