Long term experience in the operation of nanofiltration pretreatment unit for seawater desalination at SWCC SWRO plant

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 7-9, 2013, Pages 1861-1873

  Al Hajouri, Abdullah A ^a   Al Amoudi, Ahmed S ^a   Farooque, A Mohammed ^a  

^a SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Nanofiltration; Pretreatment; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875785778     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.718135     Document Type: Article

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