Simulation of ion exchange water softening pretreatment for reverse osmosis desalination of brackish water

Desalination

Volumn 271, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 122-131

  Venkatesan, Anand ^a   Wankat, Phillip C ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Brine disposal; Desalination; Ion exchange; Membrane scaling; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; BRINE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; MEMBRANE SCALING; PRE-TREATMENT; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; RO PROCESS; WATER SOFTENING;

CALCIUM; COSTS; DESALINATION; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION;

DEIONIZED WATER;

BRACKISH WATER; BRINE; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 79952251880     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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