Organic fouling behavior of superhydrophilic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration membranes functionalized with surface-tailored nanoparticles: Implications for organic fouling in membrane bioreactors

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 463, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-101

  Liang, Shuai ^a   Qi, Genggeng ^b   Xiao, Kang ^a   Sun, Jianyu ^a   Giannelis, Emmanuel P ^b   Huang, Xia ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Membrane modification; Nanoparticles; Superhydrophilic PVDF membrane; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DURABILITY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING; FUNCTIONALIZED MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE FUNCTIONALIZATION; MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; PVDF MEMBRANE; RELIABILITY AND DURABILITIES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

MICROFILTRATION;

ALGINIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; SUWANNEE RIVER NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; ORGANIC FOULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUPERHYDROPHILIC POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; SUPERNATANT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84898835981     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.03.037     Document Type: Article

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