Source water quality shaping different fouling scenarios in a full-scale desalination plant at the Red Sea

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 558-568

  Khan, Muhammad Tariq ^a   Manes, Carmem Lara de O ^a,b,c   Aubry, Cyril ^a   Croué, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Membrane fouling; Membrane surface coating; Seawater reverse osmosis; Source water quality

Indexed keywords

BARGES; BIOFILMS; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURES; DESALINATION PLANT; FOULING PHENOMENA; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MEMBRANE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; PLANT OPERATIONS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOURCE WATER QUALITIES;

MEMBRANES;

SEA WATER;

BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAST; COATING; COMPLEXITY; DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; FLUID INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84871527469     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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