New insights into the fouling mechanism of dissolved organic matter applying nanofiltration membranes with a variety of surface chemistries

Water Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 195-204

  Mustafa, Ghulam ^a,b   Wyns, Kenny ^a   Buekenhoudt, Anita ^a   Meynen, Vera ^a,b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DOM fractions; Fouling mechanism; Inorganic ions; Membrane fouling; Nanofiltration; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOM FRACTIONS; FOULING MECHANISMS; INORGANIC IONS; MEMBRANE HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS; STATE OF THE ART; SURFACE POLARITIES;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ION; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYAMIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NYLON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FILTER; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC ACID; ION; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFOULING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NYLONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84958580700     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.02.030     Document Type: Article

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