Assessment of physicochemical interactions in hollow fibre ultrafiltration membrane by contact angle analysis

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 403-404, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Subhi, Nashida ^a   Verliefde, Arne R D ^b,c   Chen, Vicki ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact angle measurement; Fouling; Ultrafiltration; XDLVO theory

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONTACT ANGLE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ISSUES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOULANT INTERACTIONS; FOULANTS; FOULING MECHANISMS; HOLLOW FIBRE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; ORGANIC DEPOSITION; ORGANICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; REAL WASTEWATER; SODIUM ALGINATES; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; XDLVO THEORY;

ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; FOULING; FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIFOULING AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; PROTEIN;

ADHESION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTACT ANGLE ANALYSIS; ENERGY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ORGANIC WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859266047     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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