Non-invasive measurement of membrane scaling and cleaning in spiral-wound reverse osmosis modules by ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry with sound intensity calculation

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-9

  An, Genghong ^a   Lin, Jiebin ^a   Li, Jianxin ^a,c   Li, Xianhui ^a   Jian, Xiq ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

(UTDR); Membrane scaling and cleaning; Reverse osmosis; Sound intensity; Spiral wound membrane module; Ultrasonic time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; CLEANING; FOULING; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANES; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WASHING;

(UTDR); CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE SCALING; NON- INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES; ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASONIC TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (UTDR); ULTRASONIC TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MEMBRANE; PURIFICATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRASONICS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84875782041     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.01.060     Document Type: Article

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