Comparative study of direct-contact and air-gap membrane distillation processes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 584-590

  Alklaibi, A M ^a   Lior, Noam ^b  

^a Jeddah College of Technology   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; PERMEATE FLUX;

DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DISTILLATION;

DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33847101896     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051094u     Document Type: Article

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