Assessing membrane fouling potential of humic acid using flow field-flow fractionation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Phuntsho, S ^a   Shon, H K ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Cho, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow field flow fractionation (FlFFF); Membrane fouling; Organic fouling; Reversible fouling

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DATA; CROSS-FLOW MEMBRANE FILTRATION; FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION; FOULING POTENTIAL; HUMIC ACID; IRREVERSIBLE ADSORPTION; MOMENT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FOULING; ORGANIC MATTER; REVERSIBLE FOULING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; STRONG CORRELATION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOW FIELDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; RATING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FRACTIONATION;

HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 79953758190     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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