Removal of adsorbing estrogenic micropollutants by nanofiltration membranes: Part B-Modeldevelopment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 431, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-266

  Semião, Andrea J C ^a   Foucher, Matthieu ^a   Schäfer, Andrea I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Convection; Diffusion; Nanofiltration; Trace contaminant transport

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION; CROSS FLOWS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIFFUSION AND CONVECTION; DIFFUSION-CONVECTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; FILTRATION MODES; FUNCTION OF TIME; HORMONE CONCENTRATION; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; MEMBRANE AFFINITY; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE PORES; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NEUTRAL PH; NF MEMBRANES; PORE RADIUS; SIZE EXCLUSION; STATIC MODES; TOTAL MASS; TRACE CONTAMINANTS; TRANSIENT ADSORPTION; TRANSIENT REGIME; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; HORMONES; IMPURITIES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

MICROFILTRATION;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE;

ADSORPTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; PH; POLLUTANT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84873724902     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.079     Document Type: Article

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