Ultrasonic sensors for the real-time measurement of reverse osmosis membrane module fouling and cleaning

Fluid - Particle Separation Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Greenberg, Alan R ^a   Krantz, William B ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane desalination; Membrane fouling and cleaning; Real time sensors; Reverse osmosis; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; FOULING CONTROL; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; REFLECTOMETRY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0242712297     PISSN: 10432558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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