Characterization of foulants by autopsy of RO desalination membranes

Desalination

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-64

  Butt, F H ^a   Rahman, F ^a   Baduruthamal, U ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Brackish RO; Desalination; Membranes; Reverse osmosis; Scale

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CALCITE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FOULING; GYPSUM; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SPECTROMETRY; WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AUTOPSY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROMETRY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

DESALINATION;

EID: 0031338660     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(97)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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