Enhancing permeate flux in a RO plant by controlling membrane fouling

Desalination

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 361-369

  Amiri, M C ^a   Samiei, M ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Membrane fouling; Performance analysis; RO; Scale

Indexed keywords

DESCALING; FOULING; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE FOULING;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESCALING; FOULING; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BRACKISH WATER; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33947184735     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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