An analytical model for membrane fouling evolution associated with gel layer growth during constant pressure stirred dead-end filtration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 427, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-149

  Xiao, Kang ^a   Shen, Yuexiao ^a   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fouling evolution; Gel layer; Membrane filtration; Modeling; Stirred dead end filtration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; CAKE FILTRATION; CHARACTERISTIC POINT; COLLOIDAL MATTER; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DEAD-END FILTRATION; EVOLUTION PROCESS; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; FOULING LAYERS; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING PROCESS; GEL LAYER FORMATION; GEL LAYERS; GEL POINT; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PIECE-WISE; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SIMPLIFIED EXPRESSIONS; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; DIFFUSION; MICROFILTRATION; MODELS; POLARIZATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GEL; GROWTH CURVE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIRRED DEAD END FILTRATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 84871729156     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.09.049     Document Type: Article

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