Biofilm evolution in the pretreatment line of a reverse osmosis system

Desalination

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-38

  Dionisio Ruiz, E ^a   Perez J ^a   Plaza, F ^b   Garralon G ^b   Garralon A ^c   Gomez M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CADAGUA SA   (Spain)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Continuous chlorination; Physicochemical pretreatment; Reverse osmosis; Shock chlorination; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894050771     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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