Engineered iron/iron oxide functionalized membranes for selenium and other toxic metal removal from power plant scrubber water

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 488, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-91

  Gui, Minghui ^a   Papp, Joseph K ^a   Colburn, Andrew S ^a   Meeks, Noah D ^b   Weaver, Benjamin ^c   Wilf, Ilan ^c   Bhattacharyya, Dibakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Southern Company Services Incorporated   (United States)

^c Nanostone Sepro Membranes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite membrane; Nanoparticles; Polyelectrolyte; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONS; IRON; IRON OXIDES; MEMBRANES; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYELECTROLYTES; SCRUBBERS; SELENIUM; SURFACE TREATMENT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER FILTRATION;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FUNCTIONALIZED MEMBRANES; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

FERROUS ION; IRON NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXIDE; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYELECTROLYTE; SELENIUM;

ACID DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; DISSOLUTION; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDRODYNAMICS; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; VISCOSITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84928714291     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.089     Document Type: Article

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