Influence of biofouling on pharmaceuticals rejection in NF membrane filtration

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5848-5860

  Botton, Sabrina ^a   Verliefde, Arne R D ^b,c   Quach, Nhut T ^c   Cornelissen, Emile R ^a  

^a KWR Watercycle Institute   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Contact angle and surface free energy; Nanofiltration; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CONTACT ANGLE; DRUG PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

HIGH-PRESSURE FILTRATION; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; REJECTION EFFICIENCY; REJECTION PERFORMANCE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; SPECIFIC FREE ENERGY; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

MICROFILTRATION;

AMINOPHENAZONE; ATENOLOL; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLENBUTEROL; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DICLOFENAC; FENOPROFEN; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHENAZONE; PINDOLOL; PROPRANOLOL; SALBUTAMOL; SOTALOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TERBUTALINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; DRUG; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACE ENERGY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CARBON SOURCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 84867142780     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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