Ultrasonic-assisted acid cleaning of nanofiltration membranes fouled by inorganic scales in arsenic-rich brackish water

Desalination

Volumn 377, Issue , 2016, Pages 172-177

  Wang, Jian ^a,b   Gao, Xueli ^a,b   Xu, Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Qun ^a,b   Zhang, Yushan ^c   Wang, Xinyan ^d   Gao, Congjie ^a,b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^d Shandong Zhaojin Motian Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic rich brackish water; Inorganic scales; Nanofiltration membrane; Ultrasonic assisted chemical cleaning

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; WATER FILTRATION;

BRACKISH WATER; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CLEANING TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY METHODS; INORGANIC SCALE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC POWER;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

ARSENIC; BRACKISH WATER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942543566     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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