Biofouling resistance of polysulfobetaine coated reverse osmosis membranes

Desalination

Volumn 369, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-45

  Ginic Markovic, Milena ^a,b   Barclay, Thomas G ^a,b   Constantopoulos, Kristina T ^a,c   Markovic, Elda ^a,b   Clarke, Stephen R ^a,b   Matisons, Janis G ^a,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SafeWork SA Attorney General's Department   (Australia)

^d Gelest Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross flow filtration; Membrane fouling; Polysulfobetaine; Reverse osmosis membranes; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOFOULING-RESISTANCE; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; POLYSULFOBETAINES; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE (WCA);

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MICROORGANISM; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; TESTING METHOD; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84928658408     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.04.024     Document Type: Article

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