Recovery of Na2SO4·10H2O from a reverse osmosis retentate by eutectic freeze crystallisation technology

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1153-1157

  Reddy, S T ^a,b   Lewis, A E ^a   Witkamp, G J ^b   Kramer, H J M ^a,b   van Spronsen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brine; Crystallisation; Eutectic freeze crystallisation; Sodium sulphate decahydrate

Indexed keywords

BINARY SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATED SYSTEMS; CRYSTALLISATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EUTECTIC POINTS; HIGH QUALITY; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MINING INDUSTRY; MIRABILITE; PURE WATER; RETENTATE; SODIUM SULPHATE DECAHYDRATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

CALCIUM; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EUTECTICS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 77956183408     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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