Ultrafiltration versus sedimentation-based pretreatment in Fujairah-1 RO plant: Environmental impact study

Desalination

Volumn 317, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-66

  Al Sarkal, Tariq ^a   Arafat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Desalination; Environmental impact; Fujairah 1; Life cycle analysis; Pretreatment; Reverse osmosis; Sedimentation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FUJAIRAH-1; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; PRE-TREATMENT; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESALINATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR POWER; OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

FUJAYRAH [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84875486495     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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