Correlation of organic fouling resistances in RO and UF membrane filtration under constant flux and constant pressure

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 407-408, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-46

  Sioutopoulos, Dimitrios C ^a   Karabelas, Anastasios J ^a  

^a Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alginates and humic acids; Constant flux and constant pressure filtration; Correlation of fouling resistances; Predictive tools; UF and ro membranes

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY INDEX; CONSTANT FLUX AND CONSTANT PRESSURE FILTRATION; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CROSS FLOWS; DESALINATION PLANT; FILTRATION MODES; FOULANTS; FOULING POTENTIAL; FOULING RESISTANCE; HUMIC ACID; MASS DENSITIES; ORGANIC FOULING; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; RO MEMBRANE; SODIUM ALGINATES; UF MEMBRANES;

ALGINATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPRESSIBILITY; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

IONIC STRENGTH;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84859614987     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.036     Document Type: Article

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