Membrane distillation operated at high seawater concentration factors: Role of the membrane on CaCO3 scaling in presence of humic acid

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Curcio, Efrem ^a   Ji, Xiaosheng ^a   Di Profio, Gianluca ^a   Sulaiman, Al Obaidani ^b   Fontananova, Enrica ^a   Drioli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate scaling; Heterogeneous nucleation; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONTACT ANGLE; DETERIORATION; DISTILLATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER EFFECTS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE SCALING; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION MECHANISM; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MICROPOROUS POLYPROPYLENE MEMBRANES; UNINTERRUPTED OPERATIONS;

MEMBRANES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CITRIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE; SEA WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 71549124027     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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