Innovative processes to desulfate the Paradox Valley brine

Desalination

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 52-67

  Bader, M S H ^a  

^a Bader Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid phase precipitation; Membrane distillation; Nanofiltration; Paradox Valley brine; Sulfate removal

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRACTION; FLUID MECHANICS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRATION; LANDFORMS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; POTABLE WATER; PRESSURE; SULFATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; DISPOSAL PATH; ECONOMIC VALUES; HYDRAULIC BOUNDARIES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INNOVATIVE PROCESSES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; LABORATORY SET-UP; LIQUID-PHASE PRECIPITATION (LPP); MEMBRANE DISTILLATION (MD); MEMBRANE SURFACES; NANOFILTRATION (NF); OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRE TREATMENTS; PRODUCT STREAMS; SCALE-FREE; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; ULTRA PURE WATER (UPW); ZERO DISCHARGE;

RIVERS;

BRINE; DISTILLATION; FILTRATION; INNOVATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PARADOX VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449127214     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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