Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

Desalination

Volumn 287, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-18

  Alkhudhiri, Abdullah ^a   Darwish, Naif ^b   Hilal, Nidal ^a,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

AGMD; Desalination; Membrane; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

AGMD; DRIVING FORCES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MICROPOROUS HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; OPERATING CONDITION; SEPARATION PROCESS; STATE OF THE ART; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VAPOUR PRESSURES;

DESALINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE;

EID: 84856575421     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.08.027     Document Type: Review

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