Effect of silica fouling on the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 277, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-109

  Lin, Yi Li ^a   Chiou, Jheng Hong ^a   Lee, Chung Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrostatic repulsion; Hydrophobicity; Modified Hermia model; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); Silica fouling; Steric hindrance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; SURFACE DIFFUSION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; FOULING MECHANISMS; GEL LAYER FORMATION; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REJECTION MECHANISMS; STERIC HINDRANCES; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX);

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CARBAMAZEPINE; IBUPROFEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRICLOSAN; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; DRUG; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; SILICA;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84903772171     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.01.023     Document Type: Article

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