Algal Blooms and Membrane Based Desalination Technology

ISBN-13: 9781138026261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 200 str.

Loreen Ople Villacorte

Opis

This thesis addresses the effect of algal blooms on the operation of ultrafiltration (UF) pre-treatment and seawater desalination by reverse osmosis (SWRO).

Spis treści

1: General introduction
2: Marine algal blooms
3: Seawater reverse osmosis and algal blooms
4: Characterization of algal organic matter
5: Measuring transparent exopolymer particles in seawater and freshwater
6: Fate of transparent exopolymer particles in integrated membrane systems
7: Fouling of ultrafiltration membrane by algal biopolymers in seawater
8: Fouling potential of algae in inside-out capillary UF membrane
9: Biofouling in cross-flow membrane facilitated by algal organic matter
10: General conclusions

O autorze

Loreen Villacorte is Lecturer of Water Supply Engineering at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. He completed his MSc degree on Water Supply Engineering at UNESCO-IHE and PhD degree at the Technical University of Delft. For the last 5 years, he has been involved in various research projects related to algal blooms and their impact on membrane filtration (including UF and RO membranes) in collaboration with the Wetsus Center of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology. Currently, he is also involved in other research projects including developing/improving parameters to measure transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), natural organic matter (NOM) and microbial growth potential in conventional and advanced water treatment systems as well as biostability in water distribution system.