Changes in feedwater organic matter concentrations based on intake type and pretreatment processes at SWRO facilities, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Desalination

Volumn 360, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-27

  Dehwah, Abdullah H A ^a   Li, Sheng ^a   Al Mashharawi, Samir ^a   Winters, Harvey ^b,c   Missimer, Thomas M ^d  

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

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water intakes; Natural organic matter; Seawater reverse osmosis; Transparent exopolymer particles; Well intakes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); INTAKE SYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROJECTILES; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; DEEP WATER; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; EXOPOLYMER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84920973925     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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