Ultrafiltration with self-generated RO concentrate pulse backwash in a novel integrated seawater desalination UF-RO system

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 520, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-119

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

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated UF RO system; Pulse backwash; Seawater desalination; Self adaptive backwash; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; FOULING RESISTANCE; IN-LINE COAGULATION; PULSE BACKWASH; RO SYSTEMS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SELF-ADAPTIVE BACKWASH; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATORS;

SEA WATER;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84980541285     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.07.022     Document Type: Article

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