A comparative study for the removal of boron and silica from geothermal water by cross-flow flat sheet reverse osmosis method

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 10-15

  Öner, Ş Görkem ^a   Kabay, Nalan ^a   Güler, Enver ^a,c   Kitiş, Mehmet ^b   Yüksel, Mithat ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boron; Desalination; Geothermal water; Membrane; osmosis; Reverse; Silica

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESALINATION; FLOW VELOCITY; IRRIGATION; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; POTABLE WATER; SALT REMOVAL; SILICA;

BORON CONCENTRATIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GEOTHERMAL WATER; OPERATING PARAMETERS; REVERSE; REVERSE OSMOSIS METHOD;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BORON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMEMBRANE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRRIGATION; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SILICA;

EID: 84861653964     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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