Nanofiltration membrane modification by UV grafting for salt rejection and fouling resistance improvement for brackish water desalination

Desalination

Volumn 295, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-25

  Abuhabib, A A ^a   Mohammad, A W ^a   Hilal, N ^b,c   Rahman, Rakmi A ^a   Shafie, Ahmed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Desalination; Humic acid; Monomer; Nanofiltration; UV graft

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; BRACKISH WATER; BULK POLYMER; COMMON GROUND; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; FOULING RESISTANCE; HUMIC ACID; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; NF MEMBRANES; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PURE WATER; REACTION CONDITIONS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT REJECTIONS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; UV EXPOSURE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DESALINATION; FOULING; GROUNDWATER; MONOMERS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER FILTRATION;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; FOULING; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GAZA; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84860915139     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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