Boron removal with UTC-series reverse osmosis filtration

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 317-321

  Chiang, Andrew Cheng Ting ^a   Lin, Justin Chun Te ^a,c   Wijayanti, Dewi Ratna ^b   Lee, Duu Jong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boron rejection; Reverse osmosis; Seawaters; TDS rejection

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BORON REJECTION; BORON REMOVAL; CROSS FLOWS; FEED FLOW RATE; GE OSMONICS; HIGH PRESSURE; INTAKE PORT; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; PERMEATE FLUX; RO MEMBRANE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; TDS REJECTION; TEST DATA; TESTING TIME;

BORON; MICROFILTRATION; SEAWATER;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84873710390     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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