A new approach for determination of fouling potential by colloidal nanoparticles during reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filtration of seawater Nanotechnology for Sustainable Development

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Park, Ji Yeon ^a   Lim, Sungil ^a   Park, Kihong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colloidal nanoparticles; Counting; Fouling; Membrane; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; WATER FILTRATION;

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; CONCENTRATION RANGES; COUNTING; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MODIFIED FOULING INDEX; NUMBER CONCENTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

NANOPARTICLE; SEA WATER; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; FILM; FLOW RATE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84874687911     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1548-y     Document Type: Article

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