Using SDI, SDI+ and MFI to evaluate fouling in a UF/RO desalination pilot plant

Desalination

Volumn 285, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-162

  Alhadidi, A ^a   Kemperman, A J B ^a   Schurer, R ^b   Schippers, J C ^c   Wessling, M ^a   Van der Meer, W G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Evides Waterbedrijf ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Normalized SDI; RO feed water fouling potential; Silt Density Index

Indexed keywords

DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; DESALINATION PILOTS; FEED TANKS; FEED WATER; FOULING INDICES; FOULING POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TYPES; NETHERLANDS; NORMALIZED SDI; OOSTERSCHELDE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; SILT DENSITY INDEX; SPRING BLOOMS;

COAGULATION; DESALINATION; PILOT PLANTS; SEAWATER; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

FOULING;

COAGULATION; DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

NETHERLANDS; OOSTERSCHELDE; ZEELAND;

EID: 84855200995     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.09.049     Document Type: Article

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