Gypsum scaling and membrane integrity of osmotically driven membranes: The effect of membrane materials and operating conditions

Desalination

Volumn 377, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Wang, Yi Ning ^a,b   Järvelä, Eliisa ^b   Wei, Jing ^a   Zhang, Minmin ^a,c   Kyllönen, Hanna ^b   Wang, Rong ^a,c   Tang, Chuyang Y ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cellulose triacetate (CTA); Forward osmosis (FO); Membrane integrity; Scaling; Thin film composite (TFC)

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FACINGS; OSMOSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; THIN FILMS;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; SCALING; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE; GYPSUM; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEPARATION;

EID: 84941126230     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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