Assessment of an ultrafiltration pre-treatment system for a seawater reverse osmosis plant
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...Though, the key disadvantage of membrane pre-treatments (Teuler et al., 1999; Kamp et al., 2000; Pearce et al., 2003; Tiwari et al., 2006; Wilf and Bartels 2006; Pearce 2007; Xu et al., 2007) lay in the inherent propensity of a membrane to separate foulants from product water and, in the process, become fouled itself....
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...UF membranes seem to be, by far, the most common choice in research studies and pilot testing (Teuler et al., 1999; Kamp et al., 2000; Pearce et al., 2003; Tiwari et al., 2006; Wilf and Bartels 2006; Pearce 2007; Xu et al., 2007)....
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...These pre-treatment membranes act as a defined barrier between the RO system and any suspended particles and lower feed water SDI to <2 (Tiwari et al., 2006), lower turbidity to less than 0....
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