Algal blooms: an emerging threat to seawater reverse osmosis desalination

Autor:	Loreen O. Villacorte, Maria D. Kennedy, Nirajan Dhakal, S.A.A. Tabatabai, Jan C. Schippers, Gary L. Amy
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Seawater reverse osmosis Fouling Seawater desalination Membrane fouling Environmental engineering Environmental science Ocean Engineering Seawater Pollution Algal bloom Effluent Desalination Water Science and Technology
Zdroj:	Desalination and Water Treatment. 55:2601-2611
ISSN:	1944-3986 1944-3994
DOI:	10.1080/19443994.2014.940649
Popis:	Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination technology has been rapidly growing in terms of installed capacity and global application over the last decade. An emerging threat to SWRO application is the seasonal proliferation of microscopic algae in seawater known as algal blooms. Such blooms have caused operational problems in SWRO plants due to clogging and poor effluent quality of the pre-treatment system which eventually forced the shutdown of various desalination plants to avoid irreversible fouling of downstream SWRO membranes. This article summarizes the current state of SWRO technology and the emerging threat of algal blooms to its application. It also highlights the importance of studying the algal bloom phenomena in the perspective of seawater desalination, so proper mitigation and preventive strategies can be developed in the near future.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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