Drinking water treatment in a gravimetric flow system with TiO2 coated membranes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Bergamasco, Rosângela ^a   da Silva, Flávia Vieira ^a   Arakawa, Flávia Sayuri ^a   Yamaguchi, Natália Ueda ^a   Reis, Miria Hespanhol Miranda ^b   Tavares, Carlos J ^c   de Amorim, Maria Teresa Pessoa Sousa ^d   Tavares, Célia Regina Granhen ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Membrane fouling; Membrane modification; TiO2 film

Indexed keywords

CATHODE CURRENTS; CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CHLORINE REMOVAL; DEPOSITION TIME; ENERGY SUPPLIES; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; FLOW SYSTEMS; HIGH PURITY; MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; PORE DIAMETERS; RAW WATER; REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE THIN FILM;

CHLORINE; DEPOSITION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 80053963998     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.08.056     Document Type: Article

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