Does chlorination of seawater reverse osmosis membranes control biofouling?

Biofouling is the major problem of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes used for desalting seawater (SW). The use of chlorine is a conventional and common practice to control/prevent biofouling. Unlike polyamide RO membranes, cellulose triacetate (CTA) RO membranes display a high chlorine tolerance. Due t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khan, M., Hong, P., Nada, N., Croue, Jean-Philippe
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22655