Fouling minimised reclamation of secondary effluents with reverse osmosis (ReSeRO)

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 181-188

  Lerch, Andre ^a   Siebdrath, Nadine ^a   Berg, Peter ^b   Heijnen, Martin ^b   Gitis, Vitaly ^c   Uhl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Unit of Environmental Engineering ^*

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Coagulation; Desalination; Fouling; Membrane processes; Reverse osmosis; Scaling; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025321588     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.683139     Document Type: Article

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