Pilot scale study of chlorination-induced transport property changes of a seawater reverse osmosis membrane

Desalination

Volumn 311, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-30

  Ettori, Axel ^a,b,c   Gaudichet Maurin, Emmanuelle ^c   Aimar, Pierre ^a,b   Causserand, Christel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Elemental analysis; Polyamide; RO module; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED EXPOSURE; AROMATIC POLYAMIDES; BROMIDE IONS; CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURES; DESALINATION PLANT; DIVALENT IONS; EXPOSURE DOSE; FREE CHLORINE; MONOVALENT IONS; PH CONDITION; PILOT SCALE; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; RATE OF INCREASE; RO MEMBRANE; RO MODULE; SALT RETENTION; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SPIRAL WOUND; SURFACE ACTIVE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; IONS; POLYAMIDES; SEAWATER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER FILTRATION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; SEAWATER;

EID: 84871488613     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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