A systematic approach to optimal membrane network synthesis for seawater desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-112

  Alnouri, Sabla Y ^a   Linke, Patrick ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Desalination; Membrane networks; Optimization; Process design; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN STEPS; NETWORK DESIGN; NETWORK REPRESENTATION; NETWORK SIZE; NETWORK SYNTHESIS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; SEARCH SPACES; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SUPERSTRUCTURE REPRESENTATION;

DESALINATION; DESIGN; PROCESS DESIGN; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84864815896     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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