Analysis of UF membrane fouling mechanisms caused by organic interactions in seawater

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 911-921

  Resosudarmo, Adhikara ^a   Ye, Yun ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a   Chen, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alginate; Backwash; Fouling mechanisms; Humic acid; Seawater desalination; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

BACKWASH; DEIONISED WATERS; FOULING LAYERS; FOULING MECHANISMS; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC FOULING; SEAWATER DESALINATION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DEIONIZED WATER;

ALGINIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ADSORPTION; ALGINATE; DESALINATION; FOULING; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMEABILITY; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84871499961     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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