Freezing-melting process and desalination: I. review of the state-of-the-art

Separation and Purification Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-96

  Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur ^a   Ahmed, Mushtaque ^a   Chen, X Dong ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact freezing; Eutectic freezing; FM; Freezing melting; Indirect contact freezing; Vacuum freezing

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; FREEZING; MELTING; PLASTICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

DIRECT CONTACT FREEZING; EUTECTIC FREEZING; INDIRECT CONTACT FREEZING; VACUUM FREEZING;

DESALINATION;

EID: 33750101344     PISSN: 15422119     EISSN: 15422127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15422110600671734     Document Type: Article

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