TY - JOUR
T1 - Accumulation of GdCl3 in the feed of a reverse osmosis system during desalination as determined by neutron absorption
AU - Schwahn, D.
AU - Pipich, V.
AU - Kasher, R.
AU - Oren, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/10/10
Y1 - 2016/10/10
N2 - This article deals with the application of in-situ small-angle neutron scattering to investigate wastewater desalination by reverse osmosis. In a first series of experiments we take advantage of the strong neutron absorption of gadolinium (Gd) and use 0.50 g/L GdCl3 in the feed as an indicator for concentration polarization and scaling at the membrane surface. The continuous decline of scattering during the process of desalination indicates an increase of GdCl3 salt concentration which after 15 hours has achieved nearly 100% enhancement with respect to its initial concentration.
AB - This article deals with the application of in-situ small-angle neutron scattering to investigate wastewater desalination by reverse osmosis. In a first series of experiments we take advantage of the strong neutron absorption of gadolinium (Gd) and use 0.50 g/L GdCl3 in the feed as an indicator for concentration polarization and scaling at the membrane surface. The continuous decline of scattering during the process of desalination indicates an increase of GdCl3 salt concentration which after 15 hours has achieved nearly 100% enhancement with respect to its initial concentration.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012039
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012039
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84994299112
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 746
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012039
T2 - 6th European Conference on Neutron Scattering, ECNS 2015
Y2 - 30 August 2015 through 4 September 2015
ER -
