Effect of coagulation on fouling potential and removal of algal organic matter in ultrafiltration pretreatment to seawater reverse osmosis

Water Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-294

  Alizadeh Tabatabai, S Assiyeh ^a   Schippers, Jan C ^a   Kennedy, Maria D ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algal bloom; Algal organic matter (AOM); Inline coagulation; Pretreatment; Seawater reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ALGAL BLOOMS; ALGAL ORGANIC MATTER; ALGAL ORGANIC MATTERS; COAGULANT DOSE; CONDITION; FOULING POTENTIAL; FOULING REMOVAL; IN-LINE COAGULATION; PRE-TREATMENTS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

COAGULATION;

ALGAL ORGANIC MATTER; BIOPOLYMER; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOFOULING; COAGULATION; DESALINATION; DIATOM; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHAETOCEROS AFFINIS; DIATOM; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INLINE COAGULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODIFIED FOULING INDEX ULTRAFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEDIMENTATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; DIATOMS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84899856268     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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