In situ monitoring of membrane fouling in spiral-wound RO modules by UTDR with a sound intensity modeling

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 226-233

  An, Genghong ^a   Lin, Jiebin ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a   Jian, Xiqi ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Reverse osmosis; Sound intensity; Spiral wound membrane module; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry (UTDR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052895781     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2704     Document Type: Article

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