Organic fouling of thin-film composite polyamide and cellulose triacetate forward osmosis membranes by oppositely charged macromolecules

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1867-1874

  Gu, Yangshuo ^a,b   Wang, Yi Ning ^a,b   Wei, Jing ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cellulose triacetate; Forward osmosis (FO); Macromolecules; Organic fouling; Thin film composite polyamide

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FOULING; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; THIN FILMS; WATER;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CONDITION; FEED WATER; FORWARD OSMOSE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; FOULANTS; ORGANIC FOULING; THIN FILM COMPOSITE POLYAMIDE; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

MACROMOLECULES;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; LYSOZYME; POLYAMIDE; WATER;

ACETATE; ALGINATE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PH; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; MACROMOLECULE; OSMOSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84873521920     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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