Studying the impact of RO membrane surface functional groups on alginate fouling in seawater desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-127

  Wu, Jinjian ^a   Contreras, Alison E ^a   Li, Qilin ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Fouling; QCM D; RO membrane; Seawater desalination; Surface functionalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894273297     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.056     Document Type: Article

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