Effects of different pretreatments on the performance of ceramic ultrafiltration membrane during the treatment of oil sands tailings pond recycle water: A pilot-scale study

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 540-549

  Loganathan, Kavithaa ^a   Chelme Ayala, Pamela ^b   Gamal El Din, Mohamed ^b  

^a Canadian Natural Resources Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Oil sands; Pretreatment; Recycle water; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COAGULATION; LAKES; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

A: CERAMICS; CERAMIC ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANE; CLEAN IN PLACES; OIL SANDS TAILINGS; PERFORMANCE; PERMEATE FLUX; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; PRE-TREATMENTS; RECYCLE WATER; TAILING PONDS;

ULTRAFILTRATION;

ASPHALT; ION; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CERAMICS;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CERAMICS; COAGULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OIL SAND; POND; RECYCLING; TAILINGS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC ULTRAFILTRATION; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HARDNESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; OIL SAND TAILING POND RECYCLE WATER; POND; RAILWAY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAR SAND; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FILTRATION; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CERAMICS; FILTRATION; IONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PONDS; RECYCLING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84922336599     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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