Biofouling in reverse osmosis processes: The roles of flux, crossflow velocity and concentration polarization in biofilm development

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 467, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-125

  Suwarno, S R ^a,b   Chen, X ^a,c   Chong, T H ^a   McDougald, D ^a,c,d   Cohen, Y ^c,e   Rice, S A ^c,d,e   Fane, A G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Concentration polarization; Reverse osmosis; Spacers

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; MEMBRANES; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

CHANNEL PRESSURE DROP; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SPACERS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BIOFOULING;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUTE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84901926633     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.04.052     Document Type: Article

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