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The performance of contact flocculation–filtration as pretreatment of seawater reverse osmosis

Sanghyun Jeong Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia Phone: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614 Fax: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614
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Tien Vinh Nguyen Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia Phone: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614 Fax: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614
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Ho Kyong Shon Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia Phone: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614 Fax: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614
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Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia Phone: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614 Fax: Tel. +61 2 9514 2614Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 246-252 | Received 25 Dec 2011, Accepted 10 Feb 2012, Published online: 30 Apr 2012

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