Relative contributions of organic and inorganic fouling during nanofiltration of inland brackish surface water

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 523, Issue , 2017, Pages 68-76

  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

Autopsy; Brackish surface water; Desalination; Gypsum fouling; Membrane surface characterization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DESALINATION; FOULING; GYPSUM; IONIC STRENGTH; IONS; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; POSITIVE IONS; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AUTOPSY; CALCIUM CARBONATE SCALING; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MONO- AND DIVALENT ION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SURFACE WATER SOURCES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BRACKISH WATER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; DIVALENT CATION; MONOVALENT CATION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOFILTRATION; OKLAHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84990174449     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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