New insights on early stages of RO membranes fouling during tertiary wastewater desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 466, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-35

  Ying, Wang ^a   Siebdrath, Nadine ^b   Uhl, Wolfgang ^b   Gitis, Vitaly ^a   Herzebrg, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofouling; EfOM; EPS; Membrane swelling; Organic fouling; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SWELLING; WATER FILTRATION;

EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; EFOM; EPS; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE SWELLING; ORGANIC FOULING; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE WITH DISSIPATION;

EFFLUENTS;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYAMIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFOULING; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWELLING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84899895963     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.04.027     Document Type: Article

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