Ceramic membrane fouling during ultrafiltration of oil/water emulsions: Roles played by stabilization surfactants of oil droplets

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4235-4244

  Lu, Dongwei ^a   Zhang, Tao ^b   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEMULSIFICATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; OIL SHALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

CROSS-SECTION IMAGES; FOULING MECHANISMS; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION; OIL/WATER EMULSION; OILY WASTEWATER; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; PORE BLOCKAGES;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

BIOCERAMICS; SURFACTANT; WATER OIL CREAM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; EMULSION; OIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CERAMICS; EMULSION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; SURFACTANT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CERAMICS; EMULSIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OILS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84926436114     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505572y     Document Type: Article

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