The effects of pretreatment on nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane filtration for desalination of oil sands process-affected water

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-428

  Kim, Eun Sik ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   El Din, Mohamed Gamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desalination; Nanofiltration; Oil sands process affected water; Pretreatment; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; COAGULATION; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; OIL SANDS; PRODUCED WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAND; WATER CONSERVATION;

COAGULATION FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TREATMENTS; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; OPERATIONAL PROCESS; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; PRE-TREATMENT; CHEMICAL WASHINGS;

WATER FILTRATION;

EID: 84863270334     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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