Impact of chemical cleaning on the nanofiltration of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs): The role of cleaning temperature

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 713-723

  Simon, Alexander ^a   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidic cleaning; Caustic cleaning; Chemical cleaning; Nanofiltration; Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs); Temperature; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE; WATER REUSE;

CITRIC ACID; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

EID: 84880614283     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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