Fouling prevention, preparing for re-use and membrane recycling. Towards circular economy in RO desalination

Desalination

Volumn 393, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-30

  Landaburu Aguirre, Junkal ^a   García Pacheco, Raquel ^a,b   Molina, Serena ^a   Rodríguez Sáez, Laura ^a   Rabadán, Javier ^a   García Calvo, Eloy ^a,b  

^a IMDEA WATER INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Desalination; End of life membranes; Lifespan; Reverse osmosis; Waste management

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTI-FOULING MEMBRANES; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; END OF LIVES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; LIFE SPAN; OPERATION CONDITIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

DESALINATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; RECYCLING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85009332788     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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