Identifying polyvinylidene fluoride ultrafiltration membrane fouling behavior of different effluent organic matter fractions using colloidal probes

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 313-322

  Miao, Rui ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Lv, Yongtao ^a   Wang, Xudong ^a   Feng, Ling ^a   Liu, Ziwen ^a   Huang, Danxi ^a   Yang, Yongzhe ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Colloidal probes; Effluent organic matter; Interaction forces; Membrane fouling

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENTS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROBES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COLLOIDAL PROBES; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; INTERACTION FORCES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

MICROFILTRATION;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; EFFLUENT; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOIDAL PROBE; EFFLUENT; FOULING CONTROL; FRACTIONATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYVINYLS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84896046453     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.039     Document Type: Article

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