Organic fouling behaviour of structurally and chemically different forward osmosis membranes – A study of cellulose triacetate and thin film composite membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 520, Issue , 2016, Pages 247-261

  Mazlan, Nur Muna ^a   Marchetti, Patrizia ^a   Maples, H A ^b   Gu, Boram ^a   Karan, Santanu ^a   Bismarck, A ^a,b   Livingston, Andrew G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cellulose triacetate; Forward osmosis; Fouling reversibility; Organic fouling; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLEANING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOULING; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; PORE SIZE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FOULING REVERSIBILITIES; ORGANIC FOULING; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; COMPOSITES; OSMOSIS; REVERSIBILITY; THIN FILMS;

EID: 84982855464     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.07.065     Document Type: Article

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