Seawater ultrafiltration fouling control: Backwashing with demineralized water/SWRO permeate

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 327-336

  Li, Sheng ^a   Heijman, S G J ^a   Verberk, J Q J C ^a   Amy, Gary L ^a,b   Van Dijk, J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Backwash; Demineralized water; Desalination; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

BACK WASHING; BACKWASH; BACKWASH WATER; CALCIUM IONS; CATION CONCENTRATIONS; CHARGE-SCREENING EFFECTS; DEMINERALIZED WATER; DESALINATION PLANT; DISPERSION EFFECT; FEED WATER; FOULING CONTROL; HIGH SALINITY; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MONOVALENT CATIONS; NETHERLANDS;

DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE FOULING; POSITIVE IONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

EID: 84865833462     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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