Surface water nanofiltration incorporating (electro) coagulation-microfiltration pretreatment: Fouling control and membrane characterization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 437, Issue , 2013, Pages 249-256

  Sari, Mutiara Ayu ^a   Chellam, Shankararaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced pretreatment; Coagulation; Electrocoagulation; Foulant characterization; Fouling; Microfiltration; Nanofiltration; Surface water treatment; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER CONTACT ANGLE; COMPOSITE NANOFILTRATION; ELECTRO COAGULATIONS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PRE-TREATMENT; SECOND-DERIVATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

COAGULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; FOULING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOFILTRATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

WATER FILTRATION;

ALCIAN BLUE; CATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROFLOTATION; FLOTATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84876316751     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.02.050     Document Type: Article

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