Study on performance of ultrafiltration membrane-based pretreatment for application to seawater reverse osmosis desalination

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1984-1990

  Tansakul, C ^a,b,c   Laborie, S ^a,b,c   Cabassud, C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

FeCl3 coagulation; PAC adsorption; Seawater pre treatment; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; FECL3 COAGULATION; FOULING RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HYBRID PROCESS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROPORES; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; ORGANIC REMOVAL; ORGANICS; PAC ADSORPTION; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PRE-TREATMENT; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; SEAWATER PRE-TREATMENT; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE AREA; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAGULATION; DESALINATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FOULING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE SIZE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ORGANIC CARBON; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COAGULATION; DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FOULING; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER; SURFACE AREA; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DESALINATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79951590777     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.483     Document Type: Article

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