Application on to nanofiltration to water management options for oil sands operation

Desalination

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-150

  Peng, H ^a   Volchek, Konstantin ^a   MacKinnon, M ^b   Wong, W P ^a   Brown, C E ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanofiltration (NA); Naphthenic acids; Oil sands; Water softening; Water toxicity

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANES; OIL SANDS; SEPARATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MEMBRANE SEPARATION; PERMEATE FLUX; POLYVALENT IONS; TOXIC COMPONENTS;

NANOFILTRATION;

MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; PERMEATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOFTENING; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 10844294073     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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