Environmental assessment of desalination processes: Reverse osmosis and Memstill®

Desalination

Volumn 296, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-80

  Tarnacki, K ^a   Meneses, M ^b   Melin, T ^a   van Medevoort, J ^c   Jansen, A ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desalination; Energy efficiency; Environmental assessment; LCA; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FEED WATER; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HIGH ENERGY; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE-BASED TECHNOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT CONTENT; WATER SCARCE; WATER STRESS;

DESALINATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE HEAT; WATER FILTRATION; WIND POWER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COGENERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OSMOSIS; WATER STRESS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861346700     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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