Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) scaling on polybenzimidazole and cellulose acetate hollow fiber membranes under forward osmosis

Membranes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-374

  Chen, Si Cong ^a,b   Su, Jincai ^b,c   Fu, Feng Jiang ^b   Mi, Baoxia ^d   Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MANN HUMMEL GMBH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate; Forward osmosis; Fouling; Gypsum scaling; Polybenzimidazole; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; FOULING; GYPSUM; OLIGOMERS; OSMOSIS; PH; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CELLULOSE ACETATES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; GYPSUM SCALING; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84887352983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes3040354     Document Type: Article

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