Removal of silica from geothermal brine

Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 589-595

  Potapov, V V ^a   Karpov, G A ^b   Podverbnyi, V M ^c  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c Petropavlovsk Kamchatskii 683008 R ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEAT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036453235     PISSN: 00405795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021269918804     Document Type: Article

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