Gypsum scaling in pressure retarded osmosis: Experiments, mechanisms and implications

Water Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 387-395

  Zhang, Minmin ^a,b   Hou, Dianxun ^a,b   She, Qianhong ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gypsum; Internal concentration polarization (ICP); Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO); Reverse solute diffusion; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; DRAW SOLUTIONS; FEED SOLUTION; GYPSUM SCALING; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSE; REVERSE SOLUTE DIFFUSION; SCALINGS; SOLUTE DIFFUSION;

GYPSUM;

CALCIUM SULFATE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

BIOFOULING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GYPSUM; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; PRECURSOR; PRESSURE; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM SULFATE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE;

EID: 84888430986     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.051     Document Type: Article

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