Mechanisms of antibiotic removal by nanofiltration membranes: Model development and application

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 389, Issue , 2012, Pages 234-244

  Shah, Amisha D ^a   Huang, Ching Hua ^a   Kim, Jae Hong ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Charge repulsion; Donnan steric partitioning model; Nanofiltration; Steric hindrance model

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; ANTIBIOTIC REMOVAL; CARBADOX; CHARGE REPULSION; CHARGED SOLUTES; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELING APPROACH; NEGATIVELY CHARGED SOLUTES; NF MEMBRANES; PH CONDITION; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; NANOFILTRATION;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBADOX; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DONNAN STERIC PARTITIONING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PH; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 83855163997     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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