The effect of permeation flux on the specific resistance of polysaccharide fouling layers developing during dead-end ultrafiltration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 473, Issue , 2015, Pages 292-301

  Sioutopoulos, Dimitrios C ^a   Karabelas, Anastasios J ^a  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alginate fouling layers; Compressibility effects; Constant flux; Membrane ultra filtration; Specific fouling resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS; CONSTANT FLUXES; DEAD-END ULTRAFILTRATION; FOULING LAYERS; FOULING RESISTANCE; PERMEATION FLUXES; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES;

ALGINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; FOULING ORGANISM; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PRESSURE; THICKNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84908285785     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.030     Document Type: Article

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