Nanofiltration of mine water: Impact of feed pH and membrane charge on resource recovery and water discharge

Membranes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-180

  Mullett, Mark ^a   Fornarelli, Roberta ^a   Ralph, David ^b  

^a HATCH LTD   (Canada)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discharge criteria; Feed pH; Ion rejection; Iso electric point; Metal recovery; Mine influenced water; Nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

COPPER MINES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GROUNDWATER; METAL RECOVERY; MINE FLOODING; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PH; POSITIVE IONS; THIN FILMS;

ACIDIC PH VALUES; FILTERING SOLUTIONS; ION REJECTION; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; POLYAMIDE THIN FILMS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION RATES;

WATER FILTRATION;

EID: 84897129013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes4020163     Document Type: Article

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