Osmotic backwash of fouled FO membranes: Cleaning mechanisms and membrane surface properties after cleaning

Desalination

Volumn 402, Issue , 2017, Pages 62-71

  Motsa, Machawe M ^a   Mamba, Bhekie B ^a   Thwala, Justice M ^b   Verliefde, Arne R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cross flow velocity; Forward osmosis; Fouling; Membrane cleaning; Osmotic backwash; Permeate rate

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CLEANING; EFFICIENCY; FACINGS; FILTRATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; RESTORATION; SHEAR FLOW; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE SURFACE CHARGE; MEMBRANE SURFACE PROPERTIES; OSMOTIC BACKWASH;

PERMEATION;

ALGINATE; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS;

EID: 84989298305     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.09.018     Document Type: Article

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