Modelling the Reverse ElectroDialysis process with seawater and concentrated brines

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 404-424

  Tedesco, Michele ^a   Cipollina, Andrea ^a   Tamburini, Alessandro ^a   van Baak, Willem ^b   Micale, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gPROMS; Modelling; Multi scale; Reverse electrodialysis; Saline gradient power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871141644     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.699355     Document Type: Article

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