Organic fouling in forward osmosis membranes: The role of feed solution chemistry and membrane structural properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 460, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-109

  Motsa, Machawe M ^a,c   Mamba, Bhekie B ^a   D'Haese, Arnout ^c   Hoek, Eric M V ^a,b   Verliefde, Arne R D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Fouling; Interfacial energy; Ionic strength; Pressure retarded osmosis; Sodium alginate

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CALCIUM; FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FOULING; METAL IONS; SODIUM ALGINATE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUMS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; FOULING REVERSIBILITIES; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS;

MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOVALENT CATION; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TIME; WASTE WATER; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84896132905     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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