Ultrafiltration of humic acid solutions through unmodified and surface functionalized low-fouling polyethersulfone membranes - Effects of feed properties, molecular weight cut-off and membrane chemistry on fouling behavior and cleanability

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-133

  Peeva, Polina Dobromirova ^a   Palupi, Aisyah Endah ^a,b   Ulbricht, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SURABAYA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Fouling; Humic acid; Hydrophilic; MWCO; Prefiltration; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

CLEANABILITY; FEED PROPERTIES; FEED SOLUTION; FLUX DECLINE; FOULING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; HUMIC ACID; HYDROPHILIC; M-FILTERS; MEMBRANE CHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MODEL SOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; MWCO; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHACRYLATE; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; POLYETHERSULFONES; PREFILTRATION; SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 80755137484     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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