Permeate recycle to improve the performance of a spiral-wound RO plant

Desalination

Volumn 158, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Al Bastaki, Nader ^a   Abbas, Abderrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Recycle; RO; RO modeling; Spacer filled channel; Spiral wound membrane

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE DROP; RECYCLING;

PERMEATE CYCLE;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE; RECYCLING; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 0041764538     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(03)00442-9     Document Type: Article

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