Performance of nanofiltration membranes in the treatment of synthetic and real seawater

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-515

  Hilal, Nidal ^a   Al Zoubi, Habis ^a   Darwish, Naif A ^b   Mohammad, Abdul Wahab ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanofiltration; Partial demineralization; Pretreatment; Real seawater; Salt mixture; Salt rejection; Spiegler Kedem model; Synthetic seawater

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION;

PARTIAL DEMINERALIZATION; SALT MIXTURE; SALT REJECTION; SPIEGLER-KEDEM MODEL; SYNTHETIC SEAWATER;

WATER TREATMENT;

DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION;

EID: 33847335125     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390601120789     Document Type: Article

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