Organic fouling inhibition on electrically conducting carbon nanotube-polyvinyl alcohol composite ultrafiltration membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Dudchenko, Alexander V ^a   Rolf, Julianne ^a   Russell, Kyle ^a   Duan, Wenyan ^a   Jassby, David ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrically conductive membranes; Electrostatic forces; Modified Poisson Boltzmann; Organic fouling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; FOULING; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CARBOXYLATED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC FOULING; POISSON-BOLTZMANN; POISSON-BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; SEQUENTIAL DEPOSITION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

ALGINIC ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CALCULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84902437312     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.041     Document Type: Article

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