Rejection of trace ionic solutes in nanofiltration: Influence of aqueous phase composition

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 1107-1115

  Pages, Neus ^a   Yaroshchuk, Andriy ^a,b   Gibert, Oriol ^a,c   Cortina, Jose Luis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c Water Technology Center ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross flow; Dominant salt; Nanofiltration; Negative rejection; Solution diffusion film model; Trace ion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; SALTS; WATER FILTRATION;

ANIONIC SPECIES; CROSS FLOWS; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; ELECTROLYTE MIXTURES; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINOR COMPONENTS; NEGATIVE REJECTION; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

IONS;

EID: 84887543172     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.09.042     Document Type: Article

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