Effects of membrane and module design improvements on flux in direct contact membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Martinez L ^a   Rodriguez Maroto J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channel spacer; Flux enhancement; Membrane distillation; Polarization phenomena

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION;

CHANNELS SPACER; FLUX ENHANCEMENT; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION;

DESIGN; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION;

EID: 33947274075     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.02.050     Document Type: Article

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