In-depth analyses of organic matters in a full-scale seawater desalination plant and an autopsy of reverse osmosis membrane

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 171-179

  Jeong, Sanghyun ^a,b   Naidu, Gayathri ^b   Vollprecht, Robert ^c   Leiknes, TorOve ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Prime Occupational Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cartridge filter; Desalination; Pretreatment; Seawater reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; DESALINATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PROJECTILES; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; AUTOPSY; CARTRIDGE FILTERS; PRE-TREATMENT; SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANTS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCES;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84958975421     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.02.029     Document Type: Article

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