Desalination/concentration of reverse osmosis and electrodialysis brines with membrane distillation

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 24, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 293-301

  Osman, M S ^a,b   Schoeman, J J ^a   Baratta, L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Sasol Synfuels International   (South Africa)

^c SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Concentration desalination; EDR brine; Fouling scaling; Membrane distillation; Petrochemical effluents; RO brine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751553997     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1657     Document Type: Article

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