Boron removal in new generation reverse osmosis (RO) membranes using two-pass RO without pH adjustment

Desalination

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-59

  Farhat, Ali ^a   Ahmad, Farrukh ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^a,b   Arafat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron rejection; Desalination; Membranes; Reverse osmosis; Two pass systems

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN GULF; AUSTRALIA; BORON REJECTION; BORON REMOVAL; FEED PRESSURE; FEED TEMPERATURE; FEED VELOCITY; FEED WATER; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PH ADJUSTMENT; RO MEMBRANE;

DESALINATION; MANUFACTURE; MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION;

BORON;

BORON; DESALINATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84870926390     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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