The effects of organic fouling on the removal of radionuclides by reverse osmosis membranes

Water Research

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 174-184

  Ding, Shiyuan ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Huang, Haiou ^a   Hou, Li An ^a,b  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

^b XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cesium; Organic fouling; Radionuclides; Reverse osmosis membrane; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; EFFLUENTS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; RADIOISOTOPES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; FLUX DECLINE; HUMIC-ACID-LIKE; LOW PRESSURES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC FOULING; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; RO MEMBRANE; SYNTHETIC WATERS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CESIUM; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; STRONTIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOFOULING; CESIUM; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; RADIONUCLIDE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPOBARISM; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FILTRATION; OSMOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84961207064     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.028     Document Type: Article

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