A brine evaporative cooler/concentrator for autonomous thermal desalination units

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 269-278

  Cipollina, A ^a   Micale, G ^a   Rizzuti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brine concentration; Brine cooling; Brine disposal; Brine recirculation; Evaporative cooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052501493     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2345     Document Type: Article

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