Granular activated carbon filtration plus ultrafiltration as a pretreatment to seawater desalination lines: Impact on water quality and UF fouling

Desalination

Volumn 383, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Monnot, Mathias ^a,b,c   Laborie, Stéphanie ^a,b,c   Cabassud, Corinne ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Granular activated carbon adsorption; Pretreatment; Seawater desalination; UF fouling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; FOULING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOULING POTENTIAL; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON FILTRATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; PRE-TREATMENT; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SILT DENSITY INDEX; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84954546246     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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