Ultrasonic stimulation on enhancement of air gap membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 85-93

  Zhu, C ^a,c   Liu, G L ^b   Cheung, C S ^a   Leung, C W ^a   Zhu, Z C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Membrane permeation; Ultrasonic irradiation

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DISTILLATION; HEATING; IRRADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION (AGMD) SYSTEM; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033059857     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(99)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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