Code
05V01710
Duration
01 January 2010 → 31 August 2015
Funding
Ghent University funding
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Other mechanical and manufacturing engineering
- Catalysis and reacting systems engineering
- Chemical product design and formulation
- General chemical and biochemical engineering
- Process engineering
- Separation and membrane technologies
- Transport phenomena
- Other (bio)chemical engineering
- Polymeric materials
- Other materials engineering
Keywords
water filtration
membrane filter
electrospinning
nanofibres
Project description
The production of functionalised nanofibre membranes for water filtration will be investigated during this PhD research. Specific attention will be given towards pathogen removal, biofouling reduction and membrane flux increase.