Novel reverse osmosis membranes composed of modified PVA/Gum Arabic conjugates: Biofouling mitigation and chlorine resistance enhancement

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-39

  Falath, Wail ^a,b   Sabir, Aneela ^a,c   Jacob, Karl I ^a,d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Chlorine resistance; Gum Arabic; Pluronic F127; Poly (vinyl alcohol); Reverse osmosis membrane

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BIOFOULING; CHLORINE; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFOULING-RESISTANCE; CHLORINE RESISTANCES; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; GUM ARABIC; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PLURONIC F-127; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); THIN FILM MEMBRANE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84986331516     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.08.058     Document Type: Article

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