Composite scale formation and assessment by the theoretical Scaling Potential Index (SPI) proposed previously for a single salt

Desalination

Volumn 278, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 259-267

  Sheikholeslami, Roya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite fouling; Composite scale formation; Reverse osmosis; SPI; Theoretical Scaling Potential Index

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CALCIUM SULFATE; CO-EXISTENCE; COMPOSITE FOULING; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; CRYSTAL PHASIS; FLUX DECLINE; ION INTERACTIVE FORCES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; PITZER MODELS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SALTY WATER; SCALE FORMATION; SCALING POTENTIAL INDICES; SCALING PROPENSITY; SPI;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENGINEERING RESEARCH; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALTS; THERMODYNAMICS; USER INTERFACES;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FOULING; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; OSMOSIS; SALT; SULFATE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80052026085     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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