Influence of hydrophobicity and charge on removal of trace organic pollutants with high pressure membranes

American Water Works Association - Water Quality Technology Conference and Exposition 2006: Taking Water Quality to New Heights

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 954-962

  Verliefde, A ^a,b   Heijman, B ^a,c   Amy, G ^d   Van Der Bruggen, B ^a   Van Dijk, J C ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge; Hydrophobicity; Nanofiltration; Organic micropollutants; Rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871483774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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