Investigation of organic foulants behavior on hollow-fiber UF membranes in a drinking water treatment plant

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-117

  Xiao, Ping ^a   Xiao, Feng ^a   Wang, Dong Sheng ^a   Qin, Tong ^b   He, Shou Ping ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Water Supply Plant Works of Nantong   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation behavior; Natural organic matter; Organic foulants; Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane filtration

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION BEHAVIOR; ATR FTIR; CAKE LAYER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; FILTRATION TIME; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; FOULANTS; FOULING LAYERS; FULL SCALE; HIGH PRESSURE; HOLLOW FIBER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IN-LINE; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC FOULING; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAGULATION; DESORPTION; FOULING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 84861353169     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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