Performance enhancement and scaling control with gas bubbling in direct contact membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 308, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-55

  Chen, Guizi ^a   Yang, Xing ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Fane, Anthony G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flux enhancement ratio; Gas bubbling; High salt concentration; Membrane distillation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

FLUX ENHANCEMENT; GAS BUBBLING; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; SCALING;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTILLATION; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; SALT; BUBBLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84870747210     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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