Rejection of small solutes by reverse osmosis membranes for water reuse applications: A pilot-scale study

Desalination

Volumn 350, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Fujioka, Takahiro ^a   Tu, Kha L ^a   Khan, Stuart J ^b   McDonald, James A ^b   Roux, Annalie ^c   Poussade, Yvan ^d   Drewes, Jörg E ^b,e   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Seqwater   (Australia)

^d Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boron; N nitrosamines; N nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA); Reverse osmosis (RO); Spiral wound membrane elements; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

BORON; NITROSAMINES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; N-NITROSAMINES; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; RECYCLING APPLICATIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES; WATER REUSE;

WATER RECYCLING;

BORON; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; OSMOSIS; PH; RECYCLING; SOLUTE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84904646362     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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