Desalination using membrane distillation: Experimental studies on full scale spiral wound modules

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 104-112

  Winter, D ^a   Koschikowski, J ^a   Wieghaus, M ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distillate quality; Energy consumption; Membrane distillation; Module fabricarion; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATE QUALITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MODULE FABRICARION; SOLAR DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY;

EID: 79955815876     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.03.030     Document Type: Article

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