Evaluation of membrane fouling for in-line filtration of oil sands process-affected water: The effects of pretreatment conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2877-2884

  Kim, Eun Sik ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Gamal El Din, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATIONIC COAGULANTS; COAGULANT AIDS; COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; FEEDWATER; FOULANTS; FOULING LAYERS; IN-LINE; IONIC SPECIES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE REJECTION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MEMBRANE SURFACE PROPERTIES; NONIONIC POLYMERS; PERMEATE FLUX; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS; SALT REJECTIONS; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ADSORPTION; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; OIL SANDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

COAGULATION;

COAGULATING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; COAGULATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OIL SAND; OSMOSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING PREVENTION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEBRANE FILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; OIL SANDS PROCESS AFFETED WATER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; IONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OILS; PERMEABILITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84863237965     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203813s     Document Type: Article

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