Cost savings by novel seawater reverse osmosis elements and design concepts

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 160-177

  Molina, Veronica Garcia ^a   Busch, Markus ^a   Sehn, Peter ^a  

^a Dow Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desalination; Design; Economics; FilmTec membranes; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954211746     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.703     Document Type: Article

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