N-nitrosamine rejection by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes: The importance of membrane characteristics

Desalination

Volumn 316, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-75

  Fujioka, Takahiro ^a   Khan, Stuart J ^b   McDonald, James A ^b   Roux, Annalie ^c   Poussade, Yvan ^d   Drewes, Jörg E ^b,e   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Seqwater   (Australia)

^d Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

^e Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

N nitrosamines; Nanofiltration; NDMA; Reverse osmosis; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SKIN; FEED TEMPERATURE; KEY FACTORS; LOW-PRESSURE REVERSE OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; N-NITROSAMINES; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; NDMA; PERMEATE FLUX; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; NITROSAMINES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

MEMBRANES;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SEAWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84874456385     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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