title: Effect of temperature on seawater desalination-water quality analyses for desalinated seawater for its use as drinking and irrigation water.
abstract: The effect of feed seawater temperature on the quality of product water in a reverse osmosis process was investigated using typical seawater at Urla Bay, Izmir region, Turkey. The tests were carried out at different feed seawater temperatures (11-23 degrees C) using two RO modules with one membrane element each. A number of variables, including pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, rejection percentage of a number of ions (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl(-), HCO3(-), and SO4(2-)), and the levels of boron and turbidities in collected permeates, were measured. The suitability of these permeates as irrigation and drinking water was checked by comparison with water quality standards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Izmir 35100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozakdag
authors.forename: Muserref
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arda
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: Nalan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kabay
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000032:analysis; D013696:Temperature; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride