Effects of membrane fouling on N-nitrosamine rejection by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 427, Issue , 2013, Pages 311-319

  Fujioka, Takahiro ^a   Khan, Stuart J ^b   McDonald, James A ^b   Henderson, Rita K ^b   Poussade, Yvan ^c,d   Drewes, Jörg E ^b,e   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

^d Seqwater   (Australia)

^e Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal fouling; N nitrosamines; NDMA; Organic fouling; Reverse osmosis; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SKIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; COLLOIDAL FOULING; COLLOIDAL SILICA; FOULANTS; HUMIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-NITROSAMINES; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; NDMA; ORGANIC FOULING; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; SODIUM ALGINATES; SOLUTE REJECTION; TERTIARY EFFLUENT; TREATED EFFLUENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; WATER RECYCLING;

NITROSAMINES;

ALGINIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; HUMIC ACID; INORGANIC SALT; NITROSAMINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM RETENTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84871870980     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.09.055     Document Type: Article

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