Flux dependency of particulate/colloidal fouling in seawater reverse osmosis systems

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Rodríguez, Sergio Genaro Salinas ^a,b   Kennedy, Maria Dolores ^a   Amy, Gary Lee ^a,b,c   Schippers, Jan Cornelis ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Constant flux; MFI UF; Particulate fouling; Pre treatment; Reverse osmosis; Seawater

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025341385     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.683104     Document Type: Article

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