Impacts of silica on the sustainable productivity of reverse osmosis membranes treating low-salinity brackish groundwater

Desalination

Volumn 279, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 210-218

  Badruzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Subramani, Arun ^a   DeCarolis, James ^a   Pearce, William ^b   Jacangelo, Joseph G ^c  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^b City of San Diego Water Dep   (United States)

^c MWH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiscalant; Brackish groundwater; Chemical cleaning; Feedwater recovery; Rejection; Reverse osmosis; Scaling; Silica; Specific flux

Indexed keywords

ANTISCALANT; BRACKISH GROUND WATER; FEEDWATER RECOVERY; REJECTION; SCALING; SPECIFIC FLUX;

CHEMICAL CLEANING; DESALINATION; GROUNDWATER; OSMOSIS; POTABLE WATER; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; FOULING; GROUNDWATER; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80052388233     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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