Modification of low pressure membranes with carbon nanotube layers for fouling control

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5645-5654

  Ajmani, Gaurav S ^a   Goodwin, David ^a   Marsh, Kristofer ^a   Fairbrother, D Howard ^a   Schwab, Kellogg J ^a   Jacangelo, Joseph G ^a,b   Huang, Haiou ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MWH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Drinking water treatment; Low pressure membrane; Membrane fouling; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FEEDWATER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS LAYERS; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULES; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS;

MEMBRANES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ANTIFOULING; DIAMETER; DRINKING WATER; LOW PRESSURE; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FOULING CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84866002355     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.059     Document Type: Article

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