Organic fouling in surface modified reverse osmosis membranes: Filtration studies and subsequent morphological and compositional characterization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 527, Issue , 2017, Pages 152-163

  Shafi, Hafiz Zahid ^a   Matin, Asif ^a   Akhtar, Sultan ^a   Gleason, Karen K ^b   Zubair, Syed M ^a   Khan, Zafarullah ^a  

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

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifouling zwitterionic coatings; FE SEM; Organic fouling; Reverse osmosis membranes; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DESALINATION; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM ALGINATE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; HIGH OPERATING PRESSURE; OPERATING PRESSURE; ORGANIC FOULING; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; AMPHOLYTE; COPOLYMER; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTACT ANGLE; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DESALINATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FILM; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

COATINGS; FOULING; MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 85009181051     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.01.017     Document Type: Article

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