Assessment of biological activity in contact flocculation filtration used as a pretreatment in seawater desalination

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 976-983

  Jeong, Sanghyun ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthracite; Biofilter; Biofouling; Flocculation; Sand; Seawater

Indexed keywords

FEED WATER QUALITIES; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; IN-LINE FLOCCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PRETREATMENT METHODS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ANTHRACITE; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILTERS; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; DESALINATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAND; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 84879481663     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.085     Document Type: Article

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