Behaviors of commercialized seawater reverse osmosis membranes under harsh organic fouling conditions

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 48-53

  Hung, Phan Vu Xuan ^a   Cho, Seung Hee ^a   Woo, Jung Je ^a   Moon, Seung Hyeon ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination; Flux decline; Organic fouling; Reverse osmosis membranes; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954232802     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1666     Document Type: Article

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