Accurate and self-consistent procedure for determining pH in seawater desalination brines and its manifestation in reverse osmosis modeling

Water Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-195

  Nir, Oded ^a   Marvin, Esra ^b   Lahav, Ori ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brine; PH; Phreeqc; Pitzer; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BRINES; DESALINATION; PH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; PHREEQC; PITZER; PITZER APPROACHES; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SELF-CONSISTENT PROCEDURES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; TRANSPORT MODELING;

IONIC STRENGTH;

BORON; BUFFER; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHTHALIC ACID; SEA WATER; SODIUM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; INORGANIC SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BRINE; DESALINATION; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PH; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; STANDARD; THERMODYNAMICS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SALTS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84904728784     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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