How different is the composition of the fouling layer of wastewater reuse and seawater desalination RO membranes?

Water Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-282

  Khan, Muhammad Tariq ^a   Busch, Markus ^b   Molina, Veronica Garcia ^b   Emwas, Abdul Hamid ^a   Aubry, Cyril ^a   Croue, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Dow Water and Process Solutions   (Spain)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Reverse osmosis; Seawater desalination; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PILOT PLANTS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FOULING LAYER COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SOURCE WATER QUALITIES; WASTEWATER REUSE;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BIOPOLYMER; SEA WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFOULING; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESALINATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SPAIN; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; OSMOSIS; PILOT STUDY; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

SPAIN;

BIOFOULING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84899880763     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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