Ageing of membranes for water treatment: Linking changes to performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 503, Issue , 2016, Pages 177-187

  Robinson, Shona ^a   Abdullah, Syed Zaki ^a   Bérubé, Pierre ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Membrane ageing; Membrane performance; Microfiltration; Ultrafiltration; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLEANING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE FOULING RATES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANES FOR WATER TREATMENTS; PERFORMANCE FACTORS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

MEMBRANES;

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

AGING; CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE AGING; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84961300520     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.12.033     Document Type: Review

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