Organic fouling of RO membranes: Investigating the correlation of RO and UF fouling resistances for predictive purposes

Desalination

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-283

  Sioutopoulos, D C ^a,b   Karabelas, A J ^a,b   Yiantsios, S G ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Humic acids; Mixtures; Organic fouling; RO and UF membranes; Sodium alginate

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEPOSITS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM; SODIUM ALGINATE; SODIUM DEPOSITS;

CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE FOULING RATES; ORGANIC FOULING; REDUCED COMPRESSIBILITIES; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES; UF MEMBRANES;

FOULING;

ALGINATE; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; FOULING; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SALINITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 78049426060     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.06.071     Document Type: Article

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