Technical and economical evaluation of desalination processes for potable water from seawater

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-45

  Tofigh, Ali A ^a   Najafpour, Ghasem D ^b  

^a Material and Energy Research Center   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Desalination; Multi effect evaporator; Multi stage flash; Potable water seawater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870751828     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2012.12.1.2204     Document Type: Article

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