Critical flux detection in a silica scaling RO system

Desalination

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Lisitsin, Dmitry ^a   Hasson, David ^a   Semiat, Raphael ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Critical flux; Permeability; Reverse osmosis; Silica; Supersaturation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; SUPERSATURATION;

BRACKISH WATER; CRITICAL FLUX; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PERMEATION FLUX;

DESALINATION;

PERMEABILITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEPARATION;

EID: 30044439226     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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