Assessing irreversible fouling behavior of membrane foulants in the ultrafiltration of natural water using principal component analysis of fluorescence excitation-emission matrices

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Peiris, R H ^a   Budman, H ^a   Legge, R L ^a   Moresoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Membrane fouling; Natural organic matter (NOM); Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; PROTEINS; RIVERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRICES; FOULING MONITORING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DRINKING WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; RIVER WATER;

COLLOID; DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RIVER WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING CONTROL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80051750459     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2011.025     Document Type: Article

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