Impact of speciation on behaviour of uranium in a solar powered membrane system for treatment of brackish groundwater

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-96

  Rossiter, Helfrid M A ^a   Graham, Margaret C ^a   Schäfer, Andrea I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralised treatment; Nanofiltration; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; DECENTRALISED; DECENTRALISED TREATMENT; DIRECT SOLAR; ENERGY VARIATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; INORGANIC SPECIES; KEY VARIABLES; MEMBRANE SYSTEM; PH RANGE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR-POWERED; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAFILTRATION; URANIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

EID: 76449101502     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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