Submerged membrane hybrid systems as pretreatment in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO): Optimisation and fouling mechanism determination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 411-412, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-181

  Jeong, Sanghyun ^a   Choi, Yong Jun ^b   Nguyen, Tien Vinh ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Hwang, Tae Moon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Coagulation; Membrane fouling; Modelling; Submerged membrane hybrid system

Indexed keywords

CAKE FORMATION; CRITICAL FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FOULING MECHANISMS; LOW DOSE; MODELLING; MODIFIED FOULING INDEX; OPTIMISATIONS; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC REMOVAL; PORE BLOCKAGES; POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT SYSTEMS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ADSORPTION HYBRID SYSTEMS; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; ULTRAFILTERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE FOULING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

MEMBRANES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FERRIC CHLORIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NANOPORE; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ADSORPTION HYBRID SYSTEM; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE COAGULATION ADSORPTION HYBRID SYSTEM; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE COAGULATION HYBRID SYSTEM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84861531479     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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