(Paper) Minimization of Low-Pressure Membrane Fouling Using a Magnetic Ion Exchange (MIEX®) Resin

Panitan (Wan) Jutaporn’s paper entitled “Minimization of Low-Pressure Membrane Fouling Using a Magnetic Ion Exchange (MIEX®) Resin” is published in Water Research. This study showed that the efficacy of MIEX at reducing the fouling potential was inversely correlated with the content of microbial dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the source waters. Consistent with this observation, while microbial DOM was a more important component of the foulant layers than terrestrial DOM relative to their concentrations in solution, MIEX preferentially removed terrestrial DOM over microbial DOM. This paper can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.007 (Water Research. 2016, 98, 225-234).