Effective and low fouling oil/water separation by a novel hollow fiber membrane with both hydrophilic and oleophobic surface properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 466, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-44

  Zhu, Xiaoying ^a,b   Tu, Wenting ^a   Wee, Kin Ho ^a   Bai, Renbi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrophilic and oleophobic surface property; Low fouling performance; Novel hollow fiber membrane; Oil water separation

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; SEPARATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; LOW-FOULING PERFORMANCE; OIL REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; OIL/WATER SEPARATION; OILY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OLEOPHOBIC; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES;

FIBERS;

COPOLYMER; HEXADECANE; OIL; PALM OIL; PETROLEUM; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; EMULSION; FOULING CONTROL; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILICITY; MALAYSIA; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84899930007     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.04.038     Document Type: Article

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