Short- and long-term performance of the thin-film composite forward osmosis (TFC-FO) hollow fiber membranes for oily wastewater purification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 14056-14064

  Li, P ^a,b   Lim, S S ^a   Neo, J G ^a   Ong, R C ^a   Weber, M ^b   Staudt, C ^c   Widjojo, N ^d   Maletzko, C ^c   Chung, T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d Singapore Science Park II   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DEIONIZED WATER; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FOULING; OSMOSIS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; OIL CONCENTRATION; OIL-WATER EMULSION; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84907702549     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502365p     Document Type: Article

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