An analysis of the effects of osmotic backwashing on the seawater reverse osmosis process

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1455-1461

  Park, Junyoung ^a   Jeong, Woowon ^b   Nam, Jongwoo ^a   Kim, Jaehun ^a   Kim, Jihoon ^c   Chon, Kangmin ^a   Lee, Euijong ^a   Kim, Hyungsoo ^a   Jang, Am ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Environmental Technology Institute   (South Korea)

^c POSCO   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cleaning efficiency; fouling; maintenance cleaning; osmotic backwashing; reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; FOULING; MAINTENANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FILTRATION;

BACK WASHING; CLEANING EFFICIENCY; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; HYDROPHILIC ORGANIC MATTER; MAINTENANCE CLEANING; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLEANUP; DESALINATION; EFFLUENT; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; EFFLUENT; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLARIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; VISCOSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84894237387     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.870587     Document Type: Article

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