Comparison of membrane fouling at constant flux and constant transmembrane pressure conditions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 454, Issue , 2014, Pages 505-515

  Miller, Daniel J ^a   Kasemset, Sirirat ^a   Paul, Donald R ^a   Freeman, Benny D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant flux; Constant transmembrane pressure; Critical flux; Fouling; Threshold flux; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FLUXES; CONSTANT PERMEATE FLUX; CRITICAL FLUX; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; SPONTANEOUS ADSORPTION; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

EMULSIFICATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

EMULSIFIED OIL; LIPID EMULSION; OIL; POLYSULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTANT FLUX; CONSTANT TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; MASS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84892662441     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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