Fouling of reverse osmosis membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy: Measurements and simulations

Desalination

Volumn 236, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Kavanagh, J M ^a   Hussain, S ^a   Chilcott, T C ^a   Coster, H G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance spectroscopy; Fouling; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OSMOSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; AND MODELS; CRITICAL FLUXES; EARLY DETECTIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; FLUX DECLINES; HIGH FLUXES; LOW SALINITIES; MEMBRANE FILTRATION SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE FOULING; ONLINE MEASUREMENTS; RECOVERY RATES; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SEA WATERS; SKIN LAYERS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE; MODELING; OSMOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 57949103582     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.10.066     Document Type: Article

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