Comparison of physico-chemical pretreatment methods to seawater reverse osmosis: Detailed analyses of molecular weight distribution of organic matter in initial stage

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 151-158

  Shon, H K ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Cho, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Flocculation; Microfiltration; Molecular weight distribution; Pretreatment; Seawater reverses osmosis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DESALINATION; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

FERRIC CHLORIDES; FILTRATION UNIT; FLUX DECLINES; INITIAL STAGES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION (MF); MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION (MWD); ORGANIC MATTER (OM); PHYSICO CHEMICALS; PRE TREATMENTS; PRE-TREATMENTS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS (SWRO); WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

OSMOSIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FULVIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOCCULATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 48749094612     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.03.063     Document Type: Article

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