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Biofouling
Process by which unwanted microbial, plant or animal materials or organisms accumulate on man-made surfaces.
National Institutes of Health
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2017
2017
Fabrication of an Anti-Biofouling Plasma-Filtration Membrane by an Electrospinning Process Using Photo-Cross-linkable Zwitterionic Phospholipid Polymers.
Ji-Hun Seo
,
Ji-Hun Seo
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2017
Corpus ID: 9028995
The goal of this study is to fabricate a stable plasma filtration membrane with antibiofouling properties via an electrospinning…
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2017
2017
Application of DBNPA dosage for biofouling control in spiral wound membrane systems
A. Siddiquia
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I. Pinelb
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+4 authors
J. S. Vrouwenveldera
2017
Corpus ID: 55653817
Biocides may be used to control biofouling in spiral-wound reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) systems. The objective of…
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2014
2014
Modification of polysulfone membrane used in the water filtration process to reduce biofouling.
P. C. Bernardes
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N. J. de Andrade
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+6 authors
J. P. N. de Sá
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2014
Corpus ID: 35691042
Polysulfone membranes (PSF) were modified with silver nanoparticles obtained by new synthesis (nAgNS), silver nanoparticles…
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2012
2012
The potential of standard and modified feed spacers for biofouling control
K. Abdullah
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S. Arabia
2012
Corpus ID: 136188313
a b s t r a c t The impact of feed spacers on initial feed channel pressure (FCP) drop, FCP increase and biomass accu- mulation…
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2010
2010
Biofouling: Rethinking the causes of membrane biofouling
Rodney Komlenic
2010
Corpus ID: 113735873
The problem of biofouling has been around since the introduction of membrane of biofouling has been around proposes that it is…
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2010
2010
Hydrogel coatings for biomedical and biofouling applications
T. Ekblad
2010
Corpus ID: 135827586
Many applications share a substantial and yet unmet need for prediction and control of interactions between surfaces and proteins…
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2008
2008
Effect of Biofouling on Stability of Polycarbonate in Tropical Seawater
Trishul Artham
,
M. Sudhakar
,
+5 authors
R. Venkatesan
2008
Corpus ID: 15261964
The effect of biofouling on physical, chemical and mechanical changes of Bisphenol A polycarbonate im- mersed at a depth of three…
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2007
2007
BIOFOULING CONTROL IN HEAT EXCHANGERS USING HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITANCE BASED TECHNOLOGY.
R. Romo
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M. M. Pitts
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Naresh B. Handagama
2007
Corpus ID: 55625560
Biofouling in industrial heat exchangers and piping systems is common in water from all sources. Problems generated by biofouling…
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2005
2005
EFFECT OF POLARIZATION ON MANGANESE BIOFOULING OF HEAT EXCHANGER SURFACES
Teemu Kuosmanen
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M. Peltola
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+5 authors
M. Salkinoja-salonen
2005
Corpus ID: 56052468
We investigated biofouling of titanium (Ti) and stainless steel (SS) lamellar heat exchangers operating on Baltic seawater…
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2003
2003
REDUCTION OF BIOFOULING AT A SEAWATER RO PLANT IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
T. Missimer
,
H. Winters
2003
Corpus ID: 56357507
Biofouling of RO membranes is a common problem when treating seawater containing high concentrations of organic carbon. A…
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