Pretreatment in reverse osmosis seawater desalination: A short review

Environmental Engineering Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Sohn, Jinsik ^b   Valavala, Ramesh ^a   Han, Jihee ^b   Her, Namguk ^c   Yoon, Yeomin ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Army Academy at Young Cheon   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Desalination; Low pressure membrane; Pretreatment; Reverse osmosisreferences

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; COMPETITION; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; GRANULAR MEDIA FILTRATION; LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANES; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TECHNIQUE; REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES; REVERSE OSMOSISREFERENCES; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84856576594     PISSN: 12261025     EISSN: 2005968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4491/eer.2011.16.4.205     Document Type: Review

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