Using FO as pre-treatment of RO for high scaling potential brackish water: Energy and performance optimisation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 492, Issue , 2015, Pages 430-438

  Zaviska, François ^a   Chun, Youngpil ^a   Heran, Marc ^b   Zou, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Forward osmosis; Gypsum scaling; Pre treatment; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934301449     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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