Treatment of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis concentrates: Comparison of precipitative softening, coagulation, and anion exchange

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4855-4865

  Comstock, Sarah E H ^a   Boyer, Treavor H ^a   Graf, Katherine C ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dissolved organic carbon; Membrane concentrate; Membrane fouling; MIEX; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COAGULATION; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIME; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; MAGNETIC ION EXCHANGES (MIEX); MEMBRANE TREATMENTS; MIEX; REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATES; SECONDARY MEMBRANE; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERRIC SULFATE; SULFATE;

CALCIUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOULING; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFATE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IONIC STRENGTH; NANOFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 80052271656     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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