Scale formation and control in high pressure membrane water treatment systems: A review

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Antony, Alice ^a   Low, Jor How ^a   Gray, Stephen ^b   Childress, Amy E ^c   Le Clech, Pierre ^a   Leslie, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiscalants; Calcium carbonate scale; Real time monitoring; Reverse osmosis; Scale formation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTI-SCALANTS; ANTISCALANT; BRACKISH WATER; CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; DESIGN STAGE; EARLY DETECTION; HIGH-PRESSURE MEMBRANES; INORGANIC SCALE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NATURAL WATERS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; PURE COMPOUNDS; REAL TIME; REAL TIME MONITORING; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SCALE FORMATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SYSTEM RECOVERY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DESALINATION; NUCLEATION; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SILICA; SITE SELECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEMINERALIZATION; DESALINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FILTRATION; IMPEDANCE; ION EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW; SCALE FORMATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80053441624     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.08.054     Document Type: Review

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