Salty water desalination using carbon nanotubes membrane

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1064-1072

  Tofighy, Maryam Ahmadzadeh ^a   Shirazi, Yaser ^a   Mohammadi, Toraj ^a   Pak, Afshin ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes membrane; Salty water desalination; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUPPORT; CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; CHLORIDE REMOVAL; CYCLOHEXANOL; DESALINATED WATER; FEED CONCENTRATION; FERROCENES; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MACROPOROUS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PERMEATE FLUX; SALTY WATER; SALTY WATER DESALINATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DESALINATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAGUCHI METHODS; WATER FILTRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

EID: 79953733849     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.086     Document Type: Article

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