Comparison of drinking water pollutant removal using a nanofiltration pilot plant powered by renewable energy and a conventional treatment facility

Desalination

Volumn 347, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-102

  Garcia Vaquero N ^a   Lee, Eunkyung ^b   Jimenez Castaneda R ^a   Cho, Jaeweon ^c   Lopez Ramirez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparison; Conventional treatment; Drinking water; Nanofiltration; Pilot plant; Pollutant removal

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NANOFILTRATION; PILOT PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STORM SEWERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COMPARISON; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; METALS AND METALLOIDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84902463815     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.05.036     Document Type: Article

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