Nanofiltration membranes review: Recent advances and future prospects

Desalination

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 226-254

  Mohammad, A W ^a   Teow, Y H ^a   Ang, W L ^a   Chung, Y T ^a   Oatley Radcliffe, D L ^b   Hilal, N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Desalination; Fabrication; Fouling; Modeling; Nanofiltration; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; FABRICATION; FOULING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MODELS; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; EXTENDED NERNST-PLANCK EQUATION; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; PLASMA TREATMENT; PREDICTIVE MODELING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MODELING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84916623145     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.043     Document Type: Review

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