Rejuvenation of discarded RO membrane for new applications

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 349-359

  Raval, Hiren D ^a   Chauhan, Vijayendrasinh R ^a   Raval, Anita H ^a   Mishra, Sandhya ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chlorine; Flux; Solute rejection; TFC RO membrane; Ultrafiltrtion membrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870227402     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.704727     Document Type: Article

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