Novel design and operational control of integrated ultrafiltration - Reverse osmosis system with RO concentrate backwash

Desalination

Volumn 382, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-52

  Gao, Larry X ^a   Rahardianto, Anditya ^a   Gu, Han ^a   Christofides, Panagiotis D ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Field study; Process control; Process intensification; Pulse backwash; Reverse osmosis desalination; RO concentrate backwash; Seawater desalination; UF RO integration; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; DESALINATION; HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATORS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FIELD STUDIES; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PULSE BACKWASH; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; RO CONCENTRATE; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

DESALINATION; FIELD METHOD; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84952887979     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.12.022     Document Type: Article

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