Hydraulic irreversibility of ultrafiltration membrane fouling by humic acid: Effects of membrane properties and backwash water composition

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 723-733

  Chang, Haiqing ^a   Qu, Fangshu ^a   Liu, Baicang ^b   Yu, Huarong ^a   Li, Kai ^c   Shao, Senlin ^a   Li, Guibai ^a   Liang, Heng ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Backwash water compositions; Humic acid; Hydraulic cleaning efficiency; Hydraulically irreversible fouling; Ultrafiltration membrane properties

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; FOULING; FREE ENERGY; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC ACIDS; POSITIVE IONS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BACKWASH WATER; HUMIC ACID; HYDRAULIC CLEANING; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES;

BACKWASH WATER; CALCIUM ION; HUMIC ACID; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CLEANING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE;

EID: 84938084486     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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