Membrane distillation for desalination and other separations

Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-158

  Yarlagadda, Saketa ^a   Camacho, Lucy M ^a   Gude, Veera G ^a   Wei, Zuojun ^b   Deng, Shuguang ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical engineering; Desalination; Heat and mass transfer; Membrane distillation; Membranes; Patents; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BASIC PRINCIPLES; BRACKISH WATER; DRIVING FORCES; FEED SOLUTION; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FUTURE TRENDS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LIQUID SOLUTION; LOW-GRADE HEATS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NORMAL BOILING POINTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PATENTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; THERMAL DISTILLATION; TOTAL PRESSURE; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEAWATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER VAPOR;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956499434     PISSN: 18744788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874478810902020128     Document Type: Article

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