Influence of organic, colloidal and combined fouling on NF rejection of NaCl and carbamazepine: Role of solute-foulant-membrane interactions and cake-enhanced concentration polarisation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 471, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-46

  Mahlangu, T O ^a,c   Hoek, E M V ^a,b   Mamba, B B ^a   Verliefde, A R D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Combined fouling; Concentration polarisation; Solution diffusion

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CALCIUM; LATEXES; POLARIZATION;

CARBAMAZEPINE; COMBINED FOULING; CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; INTERACTION ENERGIES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION MODEL;

FOULING;

ALGINIC ACID; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CAKE ENHANCED CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NANOFILTRATION; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84906505323     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.065     Document Type: Article

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