Improved method for measuring transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and their precursors infresh and saline water

Water Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 300-312

  Villacorte, Loreen O ^a,b   Ekowati, Yuli ^a   Calix Ponce, Helga N ^a   Schippers, Jan C ^a   Amy, Gary L ^a,c,d   Kennedy, Maria D ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acid polysaccharides; Algal blooms; Algal organic matter; Membrane fouling; Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP); Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COLLOIDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDES; ALGAL BLOOMS; ALGAL ORGANIC MATTERS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; COAGULATION SEDIMENTATION; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

SALINE WATER;

ALCIAN BLUE; FRESH WATER; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHAN; COLLOID; SALT WATER;

ALGAL CULTURE; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXOPOLYMER; FRESHWATER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SALINITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE;

ALCIAN BLUE; BIOFOULING; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALINE WATERS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921035808     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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