In-line coagulation/ultrafiltration for silica removal from brackish water as RO membrane pretreatment

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-117

  Cheng, Hsu Hui ^a   Chen, Shiao Shing ^a   Yang, Shu Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

In line coagulation; Silica scaling; Ultrafiltration; Velocity gradient

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BEFORE AND AFTER; BRACKISH WATER; COAGULANT DOSAGE; CONTOUR PLOT; CRITICAL FACTORS; ELECTROKINETIC; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING POTENTIAL; G-VALUES; IN-LINE; IN-LINE COAGULATION; MIXING INTENSITY; NEGATIVE CHARGE; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PRE-TREATMENT; RO MEMBRANE; SCALING PROBLEM; SILICA CONCENTRATIONS; SILICA REMOVAL; SILICA SCALING; STREAMING POTENTIAL; UF MEMBRANES; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VELOCITY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SILICA;

EID: 77349093810     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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