Freezing-melting process and desalination: Review of present status and future prospects

International Journal of Nuclear Desalination

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-264

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

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DESALINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; MELTING;

DIRECT CONTACT FREEZING; EUTECTIC FREEZING; FREEZING-MELTING PROCESS; INDIRECT CONTACT FREEZING; VACUUM FREEZING;

FREEZING;

EID: 34547261081     PISSN: 1476914X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJND.2007.013549     Document Type: Article

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