Studies on scaling of membranes in desalination by direct contact membrane distillation: CaCO3 and mixed CaCO3/CaSO4 systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1844-1859

  He, Fei ^a   Sirkar, Kamalesh K ^a   Gilron, Jack ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CaCO3; CaSO4; Crossflow; Direct contact membrane distillation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; GYPSUM; HEAVY WATER; POLARIZATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER VAPOR;

CACO3; CASO4; CROSSFLOW; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; SCALING;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 62349139976     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.12.036     Document Type: Article

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