Reverse osmosis pretreatment alternatives: Demonstration plant in the seawater desalination plant in Carboneras, Spain

Desalination

Volumn 265, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 229-236

  Quevedo, Noelia ^a   Sanz, Joan ^a   Ocen, César ^a   Lobo, Amaya ^b   Temprano, Javier ^b   Tejero, Iñaki ^b  

^a Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Filtration; Pretreatment; Reverse osmosis; Seawater; Silt Density Index (SDI)

Indexed keywords

DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; DESALINATION PLANT; DUAL-MEDIA FILTRATION; FILTERED WATER; MATURATION STAGE; MICROSAND; MULTI-MEDIA FILTRATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; REVERSE OSMOSIS PRE-TREATMENT; SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANTS; SILT DENSITY INDEX; SILT DENSITY INDEX (SDI); THREE-LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COAGULATION; DESALINATION; FLOCCULATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SILT; WATER FILTRATION;

EFFLUENTS;

COAGULATION; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 78349308065     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.07.056     Document Type: Article

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