Fouling in reverse osmosis: Detection by non-invasive techniques

Desalination

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 148-154

  Chong, T H ^a   Wong, F S ^b   Fane, A G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Inst of Environ Sci/Engineering   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Concentration polarisation; Fouling; Reverse osmosis; Tracer test; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOULING; POLARIZATION; SILICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; TRACER TEST; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOULING; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

DETECTION METHOD; FOULING; OSMOSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACER;

EID: 33846579638     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.02.031     Document Type: Article

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