Freezing desalination of sea water in a static layer crystallizer

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Rich, Anouar ^a,b,c   Mandri, Youssef ^a,b,c   Bendaoud, Nourimane ^a,b,c   Mangin, Denis ^a   Abderafi, Souad ^b   Bebon, Christine ^a   Semlali, Naoual ^b   Klein, Jean Paul ^a   Bounahmidi, Tijani ^b   Bouhaouss, Ahmed ^c   Veesler, Stephane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal layer growth; Freezing desalination; Melt crystallization; Sea water; Sweating

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954239697     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.983     Document Type: Article

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