Effects of feed water temperature on inorganic fouling of brackish water RO membranes

Desalination

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 44-57

  Jawor, Anna ^a   Hoek, Eric M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Fouling; Gypsum; Reverse osmosis; Scaling; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DESALINATION; FORMING; FOULING; GYPSUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BENCH SCALES; BRACKISH WATERS; CAKE LAYERS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS; CRYSTAL FRAGMENTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; FEED SOLUTIONS; FEED WATER TEMPERATURES; FEED WATERS; FLUX DECLINES; GYPSUM CRYSTALS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LARGE CRYSTALS; LOWER ENERGIES; MEMBRANE SURFACES; OSMOTIC PRESSURES; RO MEMBRANES; RO PROCESSES; SALT REJECTIONS; SCALE FORMATIONS; SCALING; SMALL CRYSTALS; WATER RECOVERIES;

RECOVERY;

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; FOULING; GYPSUM; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 57249114494     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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