Coupling mass transport and chemical equilibrium models for improving the prediction of SWRO permeate boron concentrations

Desalination

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-92

  Nir, Oded ^a   Lahav, Ori ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boron permeation; Pitzer approach; Simulation; Solution diffusion; SWRO

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACIDS; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FEED SIDE; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MOLAR FRACTIONS; PH CHANGE; PH VALUE; PHREEQC; PILOT SCALE; PITZER APPROACH; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; SOLUTION-DIFFUSION; SPECIES CHARACTERIZATION; SWRO;

BORIDE COATINGS; BORON; FORECASTING; INORGANIC ACIDS; PERMEATION; SEAWATER;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUPLING; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMICS; MODELING; PH; SEAWATER; SOLUTION;

EID: 84870991240     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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