Reverse osmosis fouling during pilot-scale municipal water reuse: Evidence for aluminum coagulant carryover

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 520, Issue , 2016, Pages 231-239

  Sari, Mutiara Ayu ^a   Chellam, Shankararaman ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; Autopsy; Inorganic fouling; Reverse osmosis; Surface characterization; Water reuse; XPS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CITRIC ACID; CLARIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOULING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PILOT PLANTS; RESTORATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ATR FTIR; AUTOPSY; INORGANIC FOULING; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; WATER REUSE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEDIMENTATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84982804417     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.07.029     Document Type: Article

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