Fouling of nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultrafiltration membranes by protein mixtures: The role of inter-foulant-species interaction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6373-6379

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CROSS FLOWS; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; FLUX DECLINE; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE PORES; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; PERMEATE FLUX; PH RANGE; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PROTEIN FOULING; PROTEIN MIXTURES; PROTEIN SYSTEM; RO MEMBRANE; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SOLUTION PH; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FOULING; MIXTURES; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PH; PROTEINS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; LYSOZYME;

IONIC COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PH; PROTEIN; SERUM; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MACROMOLECULE; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; BIOFOULING; CATTLE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MURAMIDASE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 79960951457     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2013177     Document Type: Article

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