Fate of trace organic compounds during treatment by nanofiltration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 130-139

  Hajibabania, Shima ^a   Verliefde, Arne ^b,c   McDonald, James A ^a   Khan, Stuart J ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Fouling; Nanofiltration; Natural organic matter; Rejection mechanism; Trace organics

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHARACTERISATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FOULING LAYERS; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE REJECTION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NONIONIC SOLUTES; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REJECTION MECHANISM; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRACE ORGANICS;

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MACROMOLECULES; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79953761975     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.02.040     Document Type: Article

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