Fouling characteristics and their implications on cleaning of a FO-RO pilot process for treating brackish surface water

Desalination

Volumn 394, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-100

  Chun, Youngpil ^a   Zaviska, François ^a,d   Kim, Sung Jo ^b   Mulcahy, Dennis ^a   Yang, Euntae ^b   Kim, In S ^b   Zou, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Autopsy; FO RO hybrid system; Forward osmosis; Membrane fouling characterisation; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE FOULING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT;

AUTOPSY; CHEMICAL AGENT; CLEANING STRATEGIES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRAULIC CLEANING; MEMBRANE FOULANTS; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 84966704764     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.04.026     Document Type: Article

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