Aluminum electrocoagulation pretreatment reduces fouling during surface water microfiltration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 97-105

  Gamage, Neranga P ^a   Chellam, Shankararaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Electrocoagulation; Membrane fouling; Microfiltration; Water treatment; XRD

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PRODUCTION; AMORPHOUS PRECIPITATE; ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; CAKE FILTRATION; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DESTABILIZATION MECHANISMS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FARADAY'S LAWS; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FLOC SIZE; FLUX DECLINE; FOULANTS; INSTANTANEOUS FLUX; MICRO FILTERS; POLYMERIC MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PRE-TREATMENT; SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; TOTAL MASS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; XRD;

ADSORPTION; COAGULATION; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; POLYMER; SURFACE WATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLOCCULATION; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79960619653     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.051     Document Type: Article

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