Nanofiltration - Theory and Application

Desalination: Water from Water

Volumn 9781118208526, Issue , 2014, Pages 205-253

  Bellona, Christopher ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Industrial applications; Membrane; Nanofiltration; Rejection; Reverse osmosis; Separation; Ultrafiltration; Water reuse; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; PORE SIZE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

DEMINERALISATION; EFFECTIVE PORES; ION SEPARATION; MEMBRANE PROCESS; PROCESS STREAMS; REJECTION; SEPARATION PROCESS; STERIC HINDRANCES; WATER REUSE;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84921485420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118904855.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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