The pre-treatment of submerged ultrafiltration membrane by coagulation-Effect of polyacrylamide as a coagulant aid

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 446, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-58

  Yu, Wen Zheng ^a   Liu, Hui Juan ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Qu, Jiu Hui ^a   Graham, Nigel ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cake layer; Coagulation; Membrane fouling; Polyacrylamide; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CAKE LAYER; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POLYACRYLAMIDE(PAM); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SUBMERGED ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYACRYLATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COAGULATION;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; COAGULATING AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOCCULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84880353524     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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