The removal of radionuclides during desalination of geothermal waters containing boron using the BWRO system

Desalination

Volumn 309, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-290

  Tomaszewska, Barbara ^a   Bodzek, Michał ^b,c  

^a MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Effective dose equivalent; Geothermal water; Gross ; Gross ; Radionuclides; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AGE GROUPS; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; BRACKISH WATER; DOSE FACTORS; EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENTS; FEED WATER; GEOTHERMAL WATER; MINERAL CONTENT; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RECOMMENDED VALUES; REJECTION RATES; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS;

BORON; DESALINATION; ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RADON; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TRITIUM; URANIUM; WATER FILTRATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; TRITIUM; URANIUM ISOTOPE; BRACKISH WATER; OSMOSIS;

EID: 84870891938     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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