Assessing the role of feed water constituents in irreversible membrane fouling of pilot-scale ultrafiltration drinking water treatment systems

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3364-3374

  Peiris, R H ^a   Jaklewicz, M ^b   Budman, H ^a   Legge, R L ^a   Moresoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GE Water & Process Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Fluorescence EEM; Irreversible membrane fouling; Principal component analysis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANES; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; IRREVERSIBLE MEMBRANE FOULING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COAGULATION; DRINKING WATER; FOULING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEMBRANE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERMEABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANING; COLLOID; EXCITATIONE EMISSION MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84877648592     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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