A comparison of commercial reverse osmosis membrane characteristics and performance under alginate fouling conditions

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 270-281

  Widjaya, Adrian ^a   Hoang, Tung ^a   Stevens, Geoff W ^a   Kentish, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fouling; Initial flux; Permeability; Rejection; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CAKE ENHANCED OSMOTIC PRESSURE (CEOP); COMMERCIAL POLYAMIDE; DRAG FORCES; HIGH PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE CHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REJECTION; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMMERCE; CONTACT ANGLE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

FOULING;

EID: 84858400389     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.01.038     Document Type: Article

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