Critical flux of surface-patterned ultrafiltration membranes during cross-flow filtration of colloidal particles

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 471, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-71

  Maruf, Sajjad H ^a   Greenberg, Alan R ^a   Pellegrino, John ^a   Ding, Yifu ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical flux; Fouling; Surface patterns; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TEXTILE PRINTING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CRITICAL FLUX; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; SHEAR-INDUCED DIFFUSION; SURFACE PATTERN; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); FOULING;

POLYETHERSULFONE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COLLOID; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; SURFACE PATTERNED ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84906485181     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.071     Document Type: Article

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