The role of membrane distillation/crystallization technologies in the integrated membrane system for seawater desalination

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 210-219

  Al Obaidani, Sulaiman ^a,b   Curcio, Efrem ^b   Di Profio, Gianluca ^b   Drioli, Enrico ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated membrane system; Membrane distillation; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954220446     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.923     Document Type: Article

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