Factors governing combined fouling by organic and colloidal foulants in cross-flow nanofiltration

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 491, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-62

  Mahlangu, T O ^a,d   Thwala, J M ^b   Mamba, B B ^c   D'Haese, A ^d   Verliefde, A R D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Combined fouling; Organic Ca^{2+< sup> complexation; Sequential fouling; Synergistic effects}

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLOIDS;

AFFINITY INTERACTIONS; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; COMBINED FOULING; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CROSS-FLOW NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC COLLOIDS; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

FOULING;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; LATEX; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COLLOID; COLLOIDAL FOULANT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS FLOW NANOFILTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC FOULANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TENSION; WATER PERMEABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84930942273     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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