Effects of operating parameters on permeation flux for desalination of sodium chloride solution using air gap membrane distillation

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 362-368

  Matheswaran, Manickam ^a   Kwon, Tae Ouk ^a   Kim, Jaewoo ^b   Duke, Mikel ^c   Gray, Stephen ^c   Moon, Il Shik ^a  

^a Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air gap membrane distillation; Desalination; Permeation flux; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954233001     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.994     Document Type: Article

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