Early warning of biofouling in spiral wound nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes

Desalination

Volumn 265, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 206-212

  Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,b   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Kruithof, J C ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling monitor; Costs; Feed spacer channel; Linear flow velocity; NF; RO

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL SAVINGS; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFOULING CONTROL; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; EARLY WARNING; FEED SPACER CHANNEL; FEED WATER; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITIES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MEMBRANE FOULING SIMULATOR; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NF; RO; SPIRAL WOUND; WATER VELOCITIES;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFOULING; FLOW VELOCITY; INSTALLATION; MANUFACTURE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PRESSURE DROP; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; COST; FILTRATION; FLOW VELOCITY; INSTALLATION; MEMBRANE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 78349311302     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.07.053     Document Type: Article

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