Fouling control mechanisms of demineralized water backwash: Reduction of charge screening and calcium bridging effects

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6289-6300

  Li, Sheng ^a   Heijman, S G J ^a   Verberk, J Q J C ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^c   Lu, Jie ^a   Kemperman, A J B ^b   Amy, G L ^a,d   van Dijk, J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Backwash water; Fouling; NOM; Ultrafiltration; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

% REDUCTIONS; BACKWASH WATER; BRIDGING EFFECTS; CHARGE SCREENING; CHARGE-SCREENING EFFECTS; CONTROL MECHANISM; DEMINERALIZED WATER; FOULING CONTROL; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; NATURAL ORGANIC MEMBRANES;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; DEMINERALIZED WATER; ELECTROLYTE; MINERAL WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CATION; COLLOID; ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM BRIDGING; CHARGE SCREENING; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER BACKWASHING; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TREATMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 80555122837     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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