Chemical cleaning protocols for thin film composite (TFC) polyamide forward osmosis membranes used for municipal wastewater treatment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-192

  Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Tang, Jixu ^a   Zhu, Chaowei ^b   Dong, Ying ^a   Wang, Qiaoying ^a   Wu, Zhichao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose triacetate (CTA); Chemical cleaning; Forward osmosis (FO); Thin film composite (TFC); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CLEANING PROTOCOLS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CITRIC ACID; POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILM COMPOSITE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84910046705     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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