An exergetic analysis of a membrane desalination system

Desalination

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-299

  Macedonio, Francesca ^a   Drioli, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination operations; Energy; Exergy; Integrated membrane processes

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SALINE WATER;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DESALINATION PLANT; ENERGY; ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM; EXERGETIC ANALYSIS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; INTEGRATED MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE DESALINATION;

EXERGY;

BRINE; DESALINATION; EXERGY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE DROP; SEAWATER;

EID: 78049443720     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.06.070     Document Type: Article

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