Subsurface intakes for seawater reverse osmosis facilities: Capacity limitation, water quality improvement, and economics

Desalination

Volumn 322, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-51

  Missimer, Thomas M ^a   Ghaffour, Noreddine ^a   Dehwah, Abdullah H A ^a   Rachman, Rinaldi ^a   Maliva, Robert G ^b   Amy, Gary ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Cost of desalination; Feedwater quality improvement; Seawater reverse osmosis; Subsurface intake systems

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CAPACITY LIMITATION; LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; PRETREATMENT SYSTEMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILT DENSITY INDEX; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS;

BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTAKE SYSTEMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84878377111     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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