Effect of pH and ionic strength on boron removal by RO membranes

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 605-612

  Oo, Maung Htun ^a,b   Song, Lianfa ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Utilities International Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron removal; Ionic strength; RO membranes; Seawater desalination; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACIDS; BORON REMOVAL; EFFECT OF PH; HIGH PH; LONG SERVICE LIFE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NEUTRAL PH; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RO MEMBRANE; RO MEMBRANES; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; INORGANIC ACIDS; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; PH EFFECTS; REMOVAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER FILTRATION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BORON; DESALINATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE; PH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEAWATER;

EID: 68349127093     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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