Reducing ultrafiltration membrane fouling during potable water reuse using pre-ozonation

Water Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 42-51

  Wang, Hui ^a   Park, Minkyu ^b   Liang, Heng ^a   Wu, Shimin ^b   Lopez, Israel J ^b   Ji, Weikang ^b   Li, Guibai ^a   Snyder, Shane A ^b,c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Effluent organic matter; Membrane fouling; Ozonation; Potable reuse; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; EFFLUENTS; FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; POTABLE WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANE PROCESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTABLE REUSE; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

OZONIZATION;

BIOPOLYMER; CELLULOSE; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; OZONE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; CARBON; POLYMER; SULFONE;

ADHESION; CELLULOSE; COHESION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OZONATION; OZONE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; RECYCLING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENERGY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OZONATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DRINKING WATER; FOULING; MEMBRANES; OZONIZATION; POLYSULFONES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATERS;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; RECYCLING; SULFONES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85027580181     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.08.030     Document Type: Article

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