Membrane distillation of concentrated brines-Role of water activities in the evaluation of driving force

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 937-947

  Mariah, Lynette ^a   Buckley, Chris A ^a   Brouckaert, Chris J ^a   Curcio, Efrem ^b   Drioli, Enrico ^b   Jaganyi, Deogratius ^c   Ramjugernath, Deresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystallisation; Flux decline; Membrane distillation; Vapour pressure

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROLYTES; MEMBRANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

FLUX DECLINE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MIXED ELECTROLYTES; VAPOUR PRESSURE;

DISTILLATION;

CRYSTALLIN; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BRINES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROLYTES; MEMBRANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISTILLATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; VAPOR;

EID: 33745714036     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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