Fouling of nanofiltration membranes in full- and bench-scale systems treating groundwater containing silica

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 349-359

  Gorzalski, Alexander S ^a   Coronell, Orlando ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Fouling; Membrane; Rutherford backscattering spectrometry; Silica; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BENCH-SCALE SYSTEM; CLEANING SOLUTION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FULL-SCALE RESULTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; RUTHERFORD BACK-SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

FOULING;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER QUALITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84903731068     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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