Selective nitrate removal from groundwater using a hybrid nanofiltration-reverse osmosis filtration scheme

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 279, Issue , 2015, Pages 372-378

  Epsztein, Razi ^a   Nir, Oded ^a   Lahav, Ori ^a   Green, Michal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brine discharge to sewerage system; Drinking water; Nanofiltration; Nitrate removal; Quality regulations; RO

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; NANOFILTRATION; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; SEWERS; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; QUALITY REGULATION; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; REJECTION EFFICIENCY; RO; SEWERAGE SYSTEM; WATER CHARACTERISTICS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 84930193738     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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