Biofouling and scaling control of reverse osmosis membrane using one-step cleaning-potential of acidified nitrite solution as an agent

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 495, Issue , 2015, Pages 276-283

  Filloux, Emmanuelle ^a   Wang, Jingshi ^a   Pidou, Marc ^a,b   Gernjak, Wolfgang ^a,c   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Free nitrous acid; Membrane cleaning; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; FOULING; INORGANIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE SCALING; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DESALINATION PLANT; FREE NITROUS ACID (FNA); FREE NITROUS ACIDS; MEMBRANE CLEANING; TREATMENT CAPACITY; WASTEWATER RECYCLING;

CLEANING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FREE NITROUS ACID; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CLEANING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84951947891     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.08.034     Document Type: Article

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