Electrically conductive membranes based on carbon nanostructures for self-cleaning of biofouling

Desalination

Volumn 360, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-12

  Lalia, Boor Singh ^a   Ahmed, Farah Ejaz ^a   Shah, Tushar ^b   Hilal, Nidal ^c   Hashaikeh, Raed ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Applied NanoStructured Solutions LLC   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanostructure membrane; Electrolysis; Fouling; PVDF binder; Self cleaning

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CLEANING; FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; FILTRATION CYCLES; MEMBRANE CLEANING; PVDF BINDER; SELF CLEANING; SEPARATION PROCESS; VACUUM FILTRATION;

MICROFILTRATION;

BIOFOULING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROKINESIS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84920937390     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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