Membrane fouling and cleaning in long term plant-scale membrane distillation operations

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 360-372

  Guillen Burrieza, Elena ^a   Ruiz Aguirre, Alba ^b   Zaragoza, Guillermo ^b   Arafat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Fouling; Membrane distillation; Pilot scale; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DAMAGE DETECTION; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; PILOT PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; WETTING;

CLEANING PROCEDURES; CLEANING STRATEGIES; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; PILOT SCALE; WETTING PROCESS;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; DISTILLATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; LIQUID ENTRY PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PILOT STUDY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPAIN; STRENGTH;

EID: 84903833858     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.064     Document Type: Article

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