| A Study on Boron Removal by Mineral Cluster Coagulant for Seawater Desalination Application |
| Hanh Hong Vu†, and Bong-Yeon Cho |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, Korea |
Corresponding Author:
Hanh Hong Vu ,Tel: +84-168-468-2396, Fax: +82-2-2266-8753, Email: Boonybam@yahoo.com
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Received: June 2, 2011; Accepted: December 1, 2011. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Seawater desalination technology is a complicated and expensive process. Besides salt removal from seawater, thesignificant problem
that needs to be solved is boron removal. Boron removal is difficult so it is a considerable challenge for the desalination process.
The main technology of this process is reverse osmosis (RO). RO can remove salt and boron more effectively than other technologies.
In a conventional seawater desalination process, coagulant is utilized for pre-treatment but it is difficult to remove boron through this
stage. In this study, a coagulant called Mineral Cluster was examined for boron removal. Therefore, Mineral Cluster can be considered a
potential coagulant for boron removal in seawater desalination technology. |
| Keywords:
Boron | Coagulant | Desalination | Mineral Cluster | Seawater |
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