Combined biofouling and scaling in membrane feed channels: a new modeling approach

Biofouling

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-100

  Radu, A I ^a,b   Bergwerff, L ^a   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Picioreanu, C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biofilm enhanced concentration polarization; biofilm induced mineral precipitation; desalination; feed spacer; heterogeneous fouling

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; INORGANIC SALT;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SALTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84961290655     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2014.996750     Document Type: Article

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