Impact of Fouling on Flexible Design and Operation of MSF Desalination Process with Variable Freshwater Demand

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 502-506

  Hawaidi, E A M ^a   Mujtaba, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fouling; Monthly cost; MSF process; Optimization; Variable demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862836482     PISSN: 15707946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59519-5.50101-5     Document Type: Chapter

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