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Selected Presentations "Mechanisms of Organic Fouling and Chemical Cleaning of RO/NF Membranes", Presentation at Sandia National Lab, August 17, 2006, Albuquerque, NM. PDF File "Membrane Technology in Water Recycling: Principles and Challenges", Integrated Concepts in Water Recycling, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, February 13-17, 2005. PDF File "Organic Fouling and Chemical Cleaning of Polymeric Membranes: Measurements and Mechanisms", Gordon Research Conference on Membranes: Materials and Processes, August 2004, New London, NH. PDF File "Removal of Natural Hormones by Nanofiltration Membranes: Measurement, Modeling and Mechanisms", NAMS Annual Meeting, May 2003, Jackson Hole, WY. PDF File "Cake Enhanced Osmotic Pressure: A Major Fouling Mechanism for RO and NF Membranes", Presentation at the Civil Engineering Department, July 2002, National University of Singapore. PDF File "Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Fouling of NF Membranes", Presentation at the Civil Engineering Department, June 2001, National University of Singapore. PDF File Selected Publications Herzberg, M. and Elimelech, M. “Biofouling of Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Role of Biofilm-Enhanced Osmotic Pressure”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 295, May 2007, pages 11-20. PDF File
Lee, S. and Elimelech, M. "Salt cleaning of Organic-Fouled Reverse Osmosis Membranes", Water Research, Volume 41, March 2007, pages 1134-1142. PDF File Costa, A.R., de Pinho, M.N., and Elimelech, M. “Mechanisms of Colloidal Natural Organic Matter Fouling in Ultrafiltration”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 281, September 2006, pages 716-725. PDF File Li, Q., and Elimelech, M. “Synergistic Effects in Combined Fouling of a Loose Nanofiltration Membrane by Colloidal Materials and Natural Organic Matter”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 278, July 2006, pages 72-82. PDF File Ang, W.S., Lee, S., and Elimelech M., “Chemical and Physical Aspects of Cleaning of Organic-Fouled Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 272, March 2006, Pages 198-210. PDF File Lee, S., and Elimelech, M. “Relating Organic Fouling of Reverse Osmosis Membranes to Intermolecular Adhesion Forces”, Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 40, February 2006, pages 980-987. PDF File Nghiem, L.D., Schäfer, A.I., and Elimelech, M. “Pharmaceutical Retention Mechanisms by Nanofiltration Membranes”, Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 39, October 2005, pages 7698 – 7705. PDF File Nghiem, L.D., Schäfer, A.I., and Elimelech, M. “Nanofiltration of Hormone Mimicking Trace Organic Contaminants”, Separation Science and Technology, Volume 40, November 2005, pages 2633-2649. PDF File Li, Q. and Elimelech, M. “Organic Fouling and Chemical Cleaning of Nanofiltration Membranes: Measurements and Mechanisms”, Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 38, September 2004, pages 4683-4693. PDF File Chen, J.C., Li, Q., and Elimelech, M. “In-situ Monitoring Techniques for
Concentration Polarization and Fouling in Membrane Filtration”, Advances in
Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 107, March 2004, pages 83-104.
Hoek
E.M.V., and Elimelech, M. “Cake-Enhanced Concentration Polarization: A New
Fouling Mechanism for Salt Rejecting Membranes”, Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 37, December
2003, pages 5581
– 5588
Seidel, A., and Elimelech, M.
“Coupling between Chemical and Physical Interactions in NF Membrane Fouling by
Natural Organic Matter: Implications for Fouling Control”, Journal of
Membrane Science Volume 203, 2002, pages 245-255. PDF file. Slide Show
Vrijenhoek, E.M., Hong, S., and Elimelech, M. “Influence of Membrane Surface Properties on Initial Rate of Colloidal Fouling of Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 188, June 2001, pages 115-128. PDF file. Seidel, A., Waypa, J.J. and Elimelech, M. “Role of Charge (Donnan) Exclusion in Removal of Arsenic from Water by a Negatively Charged Porous Nanofiltration Membrane”, Environmental Engineering Science, Volume 18, May 2001, pages 105-113. PDF file Bhattacharjee, S., Kim, A.S., and Elimelech, M., “Concentration Polarization of Interacting Solute particles in Crossflow membrane Filtration”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 212, April 1999, pages 81-99. PDF file. Slide Show-1. Slide Show-2 Faibish, R.S., Elimelech, M., and Cohen, Y., “Effect of Interparticle Electrostatic Double Layer Interactions on Permeate Flux Decline in Crossflow Membrane Filtration of Colloidal Suspensions: An Experimental Investigation”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 204, August 1998, pages 77-86. PDF file Elimelech, M, and Bhattacharjee, S. “A Novel Approach
for Modeling Concentration Polarization in Crossflow Membrane Filtration Based
on the Equivalence of Osmotic Pressure Model and Filtration Theory”, Journal
of Membrane Science, Volume 145, July 1998, pages 223-241. PDF file
Hong, S., and Elimelech, M. “Chemical and Physical Aspects of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) Fouling of Nanofiltration Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 132, September 1997, pages 159 - 181. PDF file. Slide Show Song, L. and Elimelech M. “Theory of Concentration Polarization in Crossflow Filtration”, Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions , Volume 91, October 1995; pages 3389-3398. PDF file. Excel Program. Example of flux calculation |