Alternative design to dual stage NF seawater desalination using high rejection brackish water membranes

Desalination

Volumn 273, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 391-397

  AlTaee, Ali ^a   Sharif, Adel O ^b  

^a ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Desalination; Dual stage NF; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; BRACKISH WATER; DUAL STAGE; DUAL STAGE NF; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; MEMBRANE TYPES; NF MEMBRANES; NF PROCESS; OVERALL COSTS; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PROCESS RECOVERY; RECOVERY RATE; RO DESALINATION; RO MEMBRANE; SEA WATER SALINITY; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE STAGE; SPECIFIC POWER CONSUMPTION;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

WATER FILTRATION;

BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953758677     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.01.056     Document Type: Article

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