Dispersion of brine discharge from seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Fernández Torquemada, Yolanda ^a   Gónzalez Correa, José Miguel ^a   Loya, Angel ^a   Ferrero, Luis Miguel ^a   Díaz Valdés, Marta ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brine dilution; Desalination discharge; Monitoring; Plume dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954198664     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.576     Document Type: Article

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