Understanding the oxidative cleaning of UF membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 206-213

  Levitsky, Inna ^a   Duek, Aviv ^a   Arkhangelsky, Elizabeth ^a   Pinchev, Diana ^a   Kadoshian, Tali ^a   Shetrit, Hila ^a   Naim, Ronen ^a   Gitis, Vitaly ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BSA; Free chlorine; PEG; PES; PVDF

Indexed keywords

BSA; FREE CHLORINE; HYDROPHILIZATION; INITIAL VALUES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OXIDATIVE CLEANING; PES; POLYETHERSULPHONES; PROTEIN FOULING; PVDF; UF MEMBRANES; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE; ETHERS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES;

CLEANING;

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OXIDATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 79958022743     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.04.046     Document Type: Article

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