Impact of effluent organic matter on low-pressure membrane fouling in tertiary treatment

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2633-2642

  Ayache, C ^a,b,c   Pidou, M ^a   Croue J P ^c,d   Labanowski, J ^c   Poussade, Y ^e   Tazi Pain, A ^b   Keller, J ^a   Gernjak, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fouling indices; Liquid chromatography organic carbon detection; Membrane fouling; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING;

CHARACTERIZATION TOOLS; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; FOULING INDICES; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FILTRATION PLANTS; ORGANIC CARBON DETECTION;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOPOLYMER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; CORRELATION; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW PRESSURE; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; EFFLUENT; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84876106055     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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