Membrane scaling and flux decline during fertiliser-drawn forward osmosis desalination of brackish groundwater

Water Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-182

  Phuntsho, Sherub ^a   Lotfi, Fezeh ^a   Hong, Seungkwan ^b   Shaffer, Devin L ^c   Elimelech, Menachem ^c   Shon, Ho Kyong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish groundwater; Desalination; Forward osmosis; Inorganic fouling; Membrane scaling

Indexed keywords

DEIONIZED WATER; DESALINATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; OSMOSIS; RECOVERY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; INORGANIC FOULING; MEMBRANE SCALING; PHYSICAL CLEANINGS;

MEMBRANES;

BRACKISH GROUNDWATER; CELLULOSE; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERTILIZER;

BIOFOULING; BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHATE; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL MEMBRANE; DESALINATION; FERTILISER DRAWN FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SALINITY; SPECTROMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84897942508     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.034     Document Type: Article

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