Performance of tubular reverse osmosis for the desalination/ concentration of a municipal solid waste leachate

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-328

  Schoeman, J J ^a   Strachan, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Durban Metro City Council   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Effuent quality; Leachate treatment; Membrane cleaning; Membrane fouling; Reverse osmosis; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA-NITROGEN; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS; CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CELLULOSE ACETATES; CONCENTRATION OF; EFFUENT QUALITY; INORGANICS; LEACHATE; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OPERATIONAL COSTS; ORGANICS; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; RO MEMBRANE; TREATMENT COSTS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METAL RECOVERY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; LEACHATE; MEMBRANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLEANING; COSTS; FOULING; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; MEMBRANES; NITROGEN; QUALITY; REMOVAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 67650290856     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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