Fresh water by reverse osmosis based desalination: Simulation and optimisation

Desalination

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Villafafila, A ^a   Mujtaba, I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pressure exchanger; Reverse osmosis; Simulation and optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

FEED FLOW RATE;

WATER TREATMENT;

DESALINATION; FRESHWATER; OPTIMIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 0037473613     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(03)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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