Synergistic behavior between silica and alginate: Novel approach for removing silica scale from RO membranes

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-81

  Higgin, Roslyn ^a   Howe, Kerry J ^b   Mayer, Thomas M ^c  

^a University of New Mexico ^*  (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Biofouling; Reverse osmosis; Silica; Synergistic fouling

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; FEED WATER; FOULANTS; LABORATORY SCALE; MINERAL SCALE; PERMEATE FLUX; RO MEMBRANE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; SYNERGISTIC FOULING;

ALGINATE; BIOFOULING; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EXPERIMENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MINERAL INDUSTRY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SILICA;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ALGINATE; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SILICA; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 72149119070     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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