Rejection of pharmaceuticals by nanofiltration (NF) membranes: Effect of fouling on rejection behaviour

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 76-78, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Mahlangu, T O ^a   Msagati, T A M ^b   Hoek, E M V ^c   Verliefde, A R D ^a   Mamba, B B ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Combined organic colloidal fouling; Membrane filtration; Nanofiltration membrane; Sodium salts

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; FILTRATION; FOULING; LATEXES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; SALTS; WATER TREATMENT;

FLUX DECLINE; LATEX PARTICLES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PERMEATE FLUX; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALT REJECTIONS; SODIUM SALT; WATER SAMPLES;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

COLLOID; DRUG; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SALT;

EID: 84930374337     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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