Brine discharge from desalination plants: a modeling approach to an optimized outfall design

Desalination

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 241-260

  Alameddine, I ^a   El Fadel, M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Brine discharge; CORMIX; Desalination; Discharge outfalls; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; OUTFALLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRINE DISCHARGE; DESALINATION PLANTS; DISCHARGE OUTFALLS;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

BRINES; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; OUTFALLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRINE; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34547427011     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.02.103     Document Type: Article

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