Study of fouling and scaling in capacitive deionisation by using dissolved organic and inorganic salts

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 244-245, Issue , 2013, Pages 387-393

  Mossad, Mohamed ^a   Zou, Linda ^a  

^a SA WATER   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacitive deionization; Energy consumption; Fouling; Humic acid; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ACID CLEANING; ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; CLEANING SOLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTRODE FOULING; ELECTRODE SURFACES; ELECTROSORPTION; FEED SOLUTION; HUMIC ACID; INORGANIC SALTS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRODUCTION RATES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SODIUM SALT; SUSTAINABLE TREATMENTS; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FOULING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERROUS CHLORIDE; HUMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALKALINITY; BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMIC ACID; IONIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLEANING; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; REDUCTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CHLORIDES; ELECTRODES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METALS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84871492233     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.11.062     Document Type: Article

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