FTIR study of fatty acid fouling of reverse osmosis membranes: Effects of pH, ionic strength, calcium, magnesium and temperature

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-178

  Li, Haigang ^a   Lin, Yanwen ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Luo, Yunbai ^a   Hou, Liwei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; Fatty acid; Interfacial free energy; Irreversible flux decline

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; CROSS FLOWS; FLUX DECLINE; FOULANTS; FOULING BEHAVIOR; FT-IR STUDY; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; IRREVERSIBLE FLUX DECLINE; LEWIS ACID-BASE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; FATTY ACIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE ENERGY; IONIC STRENGTH; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE FOULING; METAL IONS; MICROFILTRATION; PH EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 78751567865     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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