Effect of clay nanoparticles on the structure and performance of polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes

Desalination

Volumn 314, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-158

  Mierzwa, Jose Carlos ^a,b   Arieta, Victor ^a,b   Verlage, Marianna ^a   Carvalho, Julia ^a   Vecitis, Chad D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clay nanoparticles; Morphology; Performance; Polyethersulfone; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CASTING SOLUTIONS; CLAY MEMBRANES; CLAY NANOPARTICLES; CLEANING PROCEDURES; CROSS FLOWS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; NATURAL SURFACE; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; PERFORMANCE; POLYETHERSULFONE ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; POLYETHERSULFONES; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE; STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PORES; ULTRA-PURE WATER;

CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

CLAY; DRINKING WATER; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84873969465     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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