Effect of surface pattern formation on membrane fouling and its control in phase inversion process

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 446, Issue , 2013, Pages 326-331

  Jamshidi Gohari, R ^a   Lau, W J ^a   Matsuura, T ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow direction; Fouling mitigation; Mixed matrix membrane; Pattern formation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; FLOW DIRECTION; FOULING MITIGATION; HYDROPHILIC NANOPARTICLES; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; NANO-SIZED PATTERNS; PATTERN FORMATION; PHASE INVERSION TECHNIQUES;

HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOPARTICLES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

PARALLEL FLOW;

IRON; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; FILTRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84880963638     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.056     Document Type: Article

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