Parametric sensitivity analysis of direct contact membrane distillation

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3245-3271

  Abu Al Rub, Fahmi A ^a   Banat, Fawzi ^a   Beni Melhim, Khalid ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Direct contact; Flux; Membrane distillation; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; POLARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MASS FLUX;

DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PURIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0036402729     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-120006160     Document Type: Article

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