Ultrafiltration behaviors of alginate blocks at various calcium concentrations

Water Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 248-257

  Meng, Shujuan ^a,b   Winters, Harvey ^b   Liu, Yu ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alginate blocks; Calcium ion; Membrane fouling; Transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCIUM; IONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGINATE BLOCK; CA 2+; CAKE LAYER; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CALCIUM IONS; FOULANTS; LINEAR COPOLYMERS; MANNURONIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMERIC PARTICLE;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; MANNURONIC ACID; CALCIUM; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; POLYMER;

ALGINATE; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC ACID; POLYMER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMERIC PARTICLE; ULTRAFILTRATION; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGINATES; CALCIUM; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84936878369     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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