The impact of diatoms on the biofouling of seawater reverse osmosis membranes in a model cross-flow system

Desalination

Volumn 392, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-13

  Leterme, Sophie C ^a   Le Lan, Charlotte ^a   Hemraj, Deevesh A ^a   Ellis, Amanda V ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Desalination; Pico phytoplankton; Prochlorococcus; Pseudo nitzschia sp.; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

CROSS FLOWS; FEED TANKS; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; RO MEMBRANE; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; DIATOM; EXOPOLYMER; MEMBRANE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 84963805248     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.04.019     Document Type: Article

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