A preliminary study on the volume reduction of pre-treatment sludge in seawater desalination by forward osmosis

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 4-6, 2014, Pages 556-563

  Liyanaarachchi, S ^a   Jegatheesan, V ^a   Shu, L ^a   Muthukumaran, S ^b   Baskaran, K ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration polarisation; Desalination; Forward osmosis; Pre treatment; Sludge

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; FLOW VELOCITY; IRON HYDROXIDE; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SLUDGE; VOLUME CHANGE;

EID: 84893848899     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.827299     Document Type: Article

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