In situ characterization of compaction, ionic barrier and hydrodynamics of polyamide reverse osmosis membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 477, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-40

  Chilcott, Terry C ^a,b   Cen, Jie ^a,c   Kavanagh, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Compaction; Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Polyamide; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DESALINATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; FILTRATION; HYDRATES; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYAMIDES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIPOLAR; ELECTRICAL CONTRIBUTION; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; POLYAMIDE ACTIVE LAYERS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

AMINE; POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAXWELL WAGNER MODEL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84920668922     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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