Possibility of nuclear desalination through various membrane distillation configurations: A comparative study

International Journal of Nuclear Desalination

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-46

  Khayet, Mohamed ^a   Godino, M Paz ^a   Mengual, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desalination; Heat and mass transfer; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GAS MEMBRANES; MASS FLUX; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 3142729971     PISSN: 1476914X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJND.2003.003441     Document Type: Article

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