In situ investigation of combined organic and colloidal fouling for nanofiltration membrane using ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Desalination

Volumn 362, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-51

  Li, Xianhui ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a   Hou, Yanlin ^a   Gao, Yanan ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^b   Ngo, Huu Hao ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin (BSA); Colloidal silica; Combined organic and colloidal fouling; Nanofiltration; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry (UTDR)

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DEPOSITION; FOULING; MIXTURES; NANOFILTRATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SILICA;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; COLLOIDAL FOULING; COLLOIDAL SILICA; IN-SITU INVESTIGATIONS; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (UTDR); ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; SILICA; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84922343725     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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