Capturing and recovering of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts with polymeric micro-fabricated filter

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 560-568

  Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi ^a   Chen, Longqing ^a   Lou, Chao Ping ^a   Liu, Hao Bing ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Gong, Hai Qing ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts; High flux; Micro fabricated filter; Microfiltration; Polymers

Indexed keywords

BACK-FLUSHING; COST EFFECTIVE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH FLUX; HIGH YIELD; MICRO FILTERS; MICRO-FABRICATED FILTER; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; OOCYSTS; PORE DENSITIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RECOVERY RATIO; SMOOTH SURFACE; STRAIGHT PORES; SUPPLY SYSTEM; TAP WATER; UNIFORM PORE;

ASPECT RATIO; FABRICATION; MICROFILTRATION; RECOVERY; REUSABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; POLYMERS;

POLYMERS; LOADING;

TAP WATER; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DENSITY; FILTER DESIGN; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; OOCYST; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT RECOVERY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TURBIDITY; MICROFILTRATION; MOULD; NANOFABRICATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79251644675     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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