Enhancement of reverse osmosis water recovery using interstage calcium precipitation

Desalination

Volumn 295, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-52

  Sanciolo, Peter ^a   Ostarcevic, Eddy ^a   Atherton, Paul ^b   Leslie, Greg ^c   Fane, Tony ^c   Cohen, Yoram ^d   Payne, Marrack ^e   Gray, Stephen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TRILITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate; High recovery RO; Precipitation; Reverse osmosis; Scale formation

Indexed keywords

A-CERAMICS; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CALCIUM CONTENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE PRECIPITATION; CALCIUM SULFATE; CONCENTRATE DISPOSAL; COST ANALYSIS; DESALINATION PLANT; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; HIGH RECOVERY RO; IN-SITU; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PILOT SCALE; PRECURSOR IONS; RO CONCENTRATE; RUNNING COST; SCALE FORMATION; SEED PARTICLE; SEEDED PRECIPITATION; STORAGE VOLUMES; WATER RECOVERY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COST ACCOUNTING; DESALINATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FLOTATION; PILOT PLANTS; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEED; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER FILTRATION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84860919934     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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