Membrane fouling by Fe-Humic cake layers in nano-scale: Effect of in-situ formed Fe(III) coagulant

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 431, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-54

  Yu, Wen zheng ^a   Graham, Nigel ^b   Liu, Hui juan ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Qu, Jiu hui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulation; In situ Fe(III); Membrane pretreatment; Primary particles; Trans membrane pressure; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CAKE LAYER; HUMIC ACID; IN-SITU FE(III); MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION; NANO SCALE; NANO-METER-SCALE; NANOMETER-SCALE PARTICLES; PRE-TREATMENT; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SEM IMAGE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC ACIDS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

FERRIC ION; HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE; NANOANALYSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER QUALITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84873859880     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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