Protein fouling of nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultrafiltration membranes-The role of hydrodynamic conditions, solution chemistry, and membrane properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Wang, Yi Ning ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin (BSA); Foulant membrane surface interaction; Nanofiltration (NF); Protein fouling; Reverse osmosis (RO); Ultrafiltration (UF)

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; BSA FOULING; CROSS FLOWS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; FEED SOLUTION; FOULANT-MEMBRANE SURFACE INTERACTION; FOULING BEHAVIOR; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; ION INTERACTIONS; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LONG TERM; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; PROTEIN FOULING; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 79957535306     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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