Impact of feed spacer and membrane modification by hydrophilic, bactericidal and biocidal coating on biofouling control

Desalination

Volumn 295, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Araujo P A ^a   Miller, D J ^b   Correia, P B ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^c   Kruithof, J C ^a   Freeman, B D ^b   Paul, D R ^b   Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,c,d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adenosine tri phosphate; Membrane fouling simulator (MFS); Nanofiltration (NF); Reverse osmosis (RO); Total organic carbon; Ultrafiltration (UF)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCIDAL COATINGS; BIOFILM ACCUMULATION; BIOFOULING CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL GROWTH; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; COPPER COATINGS; FEED CHANNEL; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; MEMBRANE FILTRATION SYSTEM; MEMBRANE FOULING SIMULATOR; MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; POLYDOPAMINE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ADHESION; BIOFOULING; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; METAL COATINGS; NANOFILTRATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRESSURE DROP; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; COATING; MEMBRANE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860918876     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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