Long-term performance and fouling analysis of full-scale direct nanofiltration (NF) installations treating anoxic groundwater

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-348

  Beyer, Florian ^a,b   Rietman, Bas M ^c   Zwijnenburg, Arie ^b   van den Brink, Paula ^b   Vrouwenvelder, Johannes S ^b,d,e   Jarzembowska, Monika ^a,b   Laurinonyte, Judita ^a,b   Stams, Alfons J M ^a   Plugge, Caroline M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Vitens NV   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Anoxic groundwater; Fouling analysis; Long term performance; Membrane autopsy; Nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; METAL IONS; NANOFILTRATION; PLANT STARTUP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE WATERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANOXIC GROUNDWATER; DIRECT NANOFILTRATION; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE AUTOPSIES; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SPECIFIC WATER PERMEABILITY;

WATER AERATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; BARIUM; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM RETENTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84903726182     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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