A threshold flux phenomenon for colloidal fouling in reverse osmosis characterized by transmembrane pressure and electrical impedance spectroscopy

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 500, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-65

  Ho, Jia Shin ^a   Sim, Lee Nuang ^a   Gu, Jun ^a   Webster, Richard D ^a   Fane, Anthony G ^a   Coster, Hans G L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cake enhanced concentration polarization (CECP); Diffusion polarization; Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Threshold flux; Transmembrane pressure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE DIFFUSION; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DIFFUSION POLARIZATION; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LOW FREQUENCY REGIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION POLARIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMPEDANCE; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84949485499     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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