Cleaning protocol for a FO membrane fouled in wastewater reuse

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 25-27, 2013, Pages 4821-4824

  Valladares Linares, Rodrigo ^a   Li, Zhenyu ^a   Yangali Quintanilla, Victor ^a,b   Li, Qingyu ^a   Amy, Gary ^a  

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

^b Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Forward osmosis; Fouling; Natural organic matter; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DETERGENT; FOULING; FRESHWATER; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84880948865     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.795345     Document Type: Article

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