Hydrogel-coated feed spacers in two-phase flow cleaning in spiral wound membrane elements: Anovel platform for eco-friendly biofouling mitigation

Water Research

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-186

  Wibisono, Yusuf ^a,c   Yandi, Wetra ^b   Golabi, Mohsen ^b   Nugraha, Roni ^b   Cornelissen, EmileR ^d   Kemperman, Antoine J B ^a   Ederth, Thomas ^b   Nijmeijer, Kitty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^d KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Charge; Feed spacer; Hydrogel; Spiral wound membrane; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; BIOFOULING; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CLEANING; COATINGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFOULING CONTROL; CHARGE; CLEANING EFFICIENCY; FEED SPACERS; HYDROPHILIC COATINGS; PLATFORM APPROACH; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES; UV POLYMERIZATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

POLYPROPYLENE; TAP WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; HYDROGEL;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CLEANER PRODUCTION; COATING; EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE; PLASMA; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CLEANING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; HYDROGEL; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; HYDROGEL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYPROPYLENES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921443077     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.030     Document Type: Article

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