Destructive and non-destructive methods for biofouling analysis investigated at the Adelaide Desalination Pilot Plant

Desalination

Volumn 296, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-68

  Dixon, Mike B ^a   Lasslett, Sean ^a   Pelekani, Con ^a  

^a South Australia Water Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial regrowth potential; Biofouling; Flow cytometry; Reverse osmosis; Time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; ADELAIDE; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIAL REGROWTH; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; DESALINATION PILOTS; DESALINATION PLANT; EARLY WARNING; EXTERIOR SURFACES; IN-SITU; ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE AUTOPSIES; MEMBRANE ELEMENTS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NONDESTRUCTIVE ASSESSMENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; NOVEL METHODS; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; ORGANOSILICONES; PROCESS STREAMS; RO MEMBRANE; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SPIRAL-WOUND REVERSE OSMOSIS ELEMENTS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; TOF SIMS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DESALINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PILOT PLANTS; RATING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RNA; SEAWATER; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOFOULING;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS; RNA; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861347040     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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