Field experience with a 20,000 m3/d integrated membrane seawater desalination plant in cyprus

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 178-189

  Gasia Bruch, Eduard ^a   Sehn, Peter ^b   García Molina, Verónica ^a   Busch, Markus ^a   Raize, Ofer ^c   Negrin, Mino ^c  

^a Dow Water and Process Solutions   (Spain)

^b Dow Water and Process Solutions   (Germany)

^c Nirosoft Industries Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Case study; Cyprus; Desalination; Integrated membrane system; Moni; Pretreatment; Seawater; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052447007     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2381     Document Type: Article

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