Ro brine treatment and disposal methods

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 39-53

  Afrasiabi, Nima ^a   Shahbazali, Elnaz ^b  

^a Hampa Engineering Corporation   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brine; Reverse osmosis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055198428     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.3128     Document Type: Article

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