Characteristics of RO foulants in a brackish water desalination plant

Desalination

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 353-358

  Yang, Hui Ling ^a   Huang, Chihpin ^a   Pan, Jill R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Foulants identification; Fouling; Membrane autopsy; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; FOULING; POLYMERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS);

BRACKISH WATER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DESALINATION PLANT; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; FOULING; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS);

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; FOULING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; POLYMER;

EID: 38349027166     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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