Diffusiophoresis contributes significantly to colloidal fouling in low salinity reverse osmosis systems

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 479, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-76

  Guha, Rajarshi ^a   Shang, Xia ^a   Zydney, Andrew L ^a   Velegol, Darrell ^a   Kumar, Manish ^a  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Cake enhanced concentration polarization; Colloidal fouling; Diffusiophoresis; Reverse osmosis; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; FOULING; POLARIZATION; SOLS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CHARGED COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL FOULING; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; DIFFUSIOPHORESIS; PARTICULATE FOULING; POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; RECLAIMED WASTEWATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLLOID; COLLOIDAL FOULING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIOPHORESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHORESIS; POLARIZATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84961291253     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.024     Document Type: Article

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