Does chlorination of seawater reverse osmosis membranes control biofouling?

Water Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-97

  Khan, Muhammad Tariq ^a   Hong, Pei Ying ^a   Nada, Nabil ^b   Croue, Jean Philippe ^a,c  

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

^b NOMAC   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Cellulose triacetate membranes; Chlorination; Seawater reverse osmosis desalination

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CELLULOSE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CONTROLS; MIDDLE EAST; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSE DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE;

CHLORINATION;

BACTERIAL RNA; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CHLORINE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

BIOFOULING; CHLORINATION; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHLORINATION; DESALINATION; FOULING CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MIDDLE EAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CHLORINE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84928250521     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.03.029     Document Type: Article

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