Seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at community-scale: Role of an innovative pretreatment on process performances and intensification

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification

Volumn 113, Issue , 2017, Pages 42-55

  Monnot, Mathias ^a,b,c   Nguyên, Hòa Thi Khánh ^a,b,c   Laborie, Stéphanie ^a,b,c   Cabassud, Corinne ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Desalination; Intensification; Pretreatment; Reverse osmosis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INTENSIFICATION; PRE-TREATMENT; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 85002243997     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2016.09.020     Document Type: Article

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