Molecular Design of Nanofiltration Membranes for the Recovery of Phosphorus from Sewage Sludge

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5570-5577

  Thong, Zhiwei ^a   Cui, Yue ^a   Ong, Yee Kang ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acidic conditions; Composite membrane; Heavy metal removal; Nanofiltration; Phosphorus recovery

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MEMBRANES; METAL IONS; METALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERIZATION; RECOVERY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; PURE WATER PERMEABILITIES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84989848791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01299     Document Type: Article

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