Static cleaning tests as the first step to optimize RO membranes cleaning procedure

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3380-3390

  Garcia Fayos, B ^a   Arnal, J M ^a   Gimenez, A ^a   Alvarez Blanco, S ^a   Sancho, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical cleaning; Desalination; Fouling; Reverse osmosis; Static tests

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; PURIFICATION;

EID: 84940587619     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.957924     Document Type: Article

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