N-nitrosamine rejection by reverse osmosis membranes: A full-scale study

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6141-6148

  Fujioka, Takahiro ^a   Khan, Stuart J ^b   McDonald, James A ^b   Roux, Annalie ^c   Poussade, Yvan ^d   Drewes, Jörg E ^b,e   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Seqwater ^*  (Australia)

^d Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Full scale operation; N nitrosamines; NDMA; Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITROSAMINES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING;

FULL-SCALE OPERATION; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; N-NITROSAMINES; N-NITROSODIETHYLAMINE; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; NDMA; OPERATING CONDITION; WATER REUSE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; NITROSAMINE; NITROSOMORPHOLINE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FILTRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

FULL-SCALE OPERATION; N-NITROSAMINES; NDMA; REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO) MEMBRANES; WATER REUSE;

FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITROSAMINES; OSMOSIS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84885380370     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.07.035     Document Type: Article

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