Full utilization of silt density index (SDI) measurements for seawater pre-treatment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 405-406, Issue , 2012, Pages 212-218

  Wei, Chun Hai ^a,b   Laborie, Stephanie ^a   Ben Aim, Roger ^a,c   Amy, Gary ^b  

^a INSA   (France)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Institute for Filtration and Separation Techniques (IFTS)   (France)

Author keywords

Fouling potential; Organic colloids; SDI; Seawater; Standard blocking

Indexed keywords

CAKE FILTRATION; CAKE LAYER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEAD-END FILTRATION MODES; FILTRATION EQUATION; FILTRATION PROCESS; FIRST MOMENTS; FOULING INDICES; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING POTENTIAL; HIGH TURBIDITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEMBRANE PORES; ORGANIC COLLOIDS; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; SAND FILTRATION; SDI; SEAWATER PRETREATMENT; SEAWATER QUALITY; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SILT DENSITY INDEX; STANDARD BLOCKING; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

COAGULATION; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; DESALINATION; FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; SEAWATER; STANDARDS; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FILTRATION; FOUNDER EFFECT; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAND; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859444512     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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