Incipient calcium carbonate scaling of desalination membranes in narrow channels with spacers-experimental insights

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 425-426, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-57

  Mitrouli, S ^a   Karabelas, A J ^a   Karanasiou, A ^a   Kostoglou, M ^a,b  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brackish water desalination; Incipient CaCO3 scaling; RO membranes; Spacer filled channels

Indexed keywords

ANTISCALANT; BRACKISH WATER; CALCIUM CARBONATE SCALING; CARTRIDGE FILTERS; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DESALINATION MEMBRANES; FEEDWATER; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INCIPIENT CACO3 SCALING; INDUCTION PERIODS; MEMBRANE SAMPLES; MEMBRANE SCALING; NARROW CHANNEL; NEW RESULTS; PERMEATE FLUX; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PLANT DESIGNS; RETENTATE; RO MEMBRANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SMALL PARTICLES; SPACER-FILLED CHANNELS; SUPERSATURATION RATIO; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; WATER RECOVERY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITS; DESALINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORM SEWERS; SUPERSATURATION; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESALINATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDITY;

EID: 84870177809     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.09.025     Document Type: Article

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