Intensified cleaning of organic-fouled reverse osmosis membranes by thermo-responsive polymer (TRP)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 392-393, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-191

  Yu, Sanchuan ^a   Chen, Zhihai ^a   Liu, Jingqun ^a   Yao, Guohua ^a   Liu, Meihong ^a   Gao, Congjie ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Intensified cleaning; Membrane cleaning; Organic fouling; Reverse osmosis membrane; Thermo responsive polymer

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CLEANING EFFICIENCY; CROSS FLOWS; FOULANTS; FOULING LAYERS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURES; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE SURFACE; ORGANIC FOULING; PERMEATION TEST; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SOAKING TIME; SURFACE CONTACT ANGLE; TEST UNIT; THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMER;

BODY FLUIDS; CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; FOULING; IONIZATION; OSMOSIS; POLYMERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFUSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84856087626     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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