Natural organic matter fouling of microfiltration membranes: Prediction of constant flux behavior from constant pressure materials properties determination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Yang, Ningning ^a,b   Wen, Xianghua ^a   Waite, T David ^b   Wang, Xiaomao ^b   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Deliquoring; Filterability; Microfiltration; Porosity

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DELIQUORING; FILTERABILITY; FOULING LAYERS; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH POROSITY; HUMIC ACID; INCREASE IN PRESSURE; LOCAL PERMEABILITIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER FOULING; OPERATING CONDITION; STEADY STATE FLUXES; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPRESSIBILITY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

MICROFILTRATION;

CALCIUM; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; MOISTURE; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS;

EID: 78649444739     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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