Monitoring of colloidal fouling and its associated metastability using Ultrasonic Time Domain Reflectometry

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 401-402, Issue , 2012, Pages 241-253

  Sim, S T V ^a,b   Chong, T H ^b   Krantz, W B ^b,c   Fane, A G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal silica; Crossflow; Metastability; Ultrafiltration; Ultrasonic Time Domain Reflectometry (UTDR)

Indexed keywords

BINGHAM-PLASTIC MODELS; COLLOIDAL FOULING; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COLLOIDAL SILICA; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONSTANT RATE; CONSTANT THICKNESS; CROSS FLOWS; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; FEED SOLUTION; FLUX CONDITIONS; LAYER THICKNESS; MEMBRANE CLEANING; METASTABILITIES; NONFOULING; PEAK AMPLITUDE; POLYETHERSULFONE ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; RAPID RATE; RATE OF INCREASE; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (UTDR);

ETHERS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FOULING;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84858446253     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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