RO membrane autopsy of Zarzis brackish water desalination plant

Desalination

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 258-266

  Karime, Mohamed ^a   Bouguecha, S ^b   Hamrouni, B ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antiscaling; Autopsy; Desalination plant; Fouling; Reverse osmosis membrane

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DESALINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANTISCALING; AUTOPSY; BRACKISH WATER DESALINATION PLANT;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DESALINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIOFOULING; BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; MEMBRANE; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 38349001284     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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