Natural organic matter removal in single-walled carbon nanotubes-ultrafiltration membrane systems

Desalination

Volumn 298, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-84

  Heo, Jiyong ^a   Kim, Hwan ^b   Her, Namguk ^c   Lee, Sangho ^d   Park, Yong Gyun ^e   Yoon, Yeomin ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Army Academy at Young Cheon   (South Korea)

^d Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^e GS Engineering and Construction Corp   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Fouling; Humic acid; Rejection; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CAKE FILTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FILTRATION LAW; FOULING LAYERS; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PER UNIT; PERMEATE FLUX; REJECTION; RESISTANCE-IN-SERIES MODEL; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBE; SOLUTION CONDITIONS; TOTAL RESISTANCE; TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM;

ADSORPTION; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FOULING; HUMIC ACID; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84862232236     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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