Fabrication of electrospun nanofibrous membranes for membrane distillation application

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 7-9, 2013, Pages 1337-1343

  Francis, L ^a   Maab, H ^a   Alsaadi, A ^a   Nunes, S ^a   Ghaffour, N ^a   Amy, G L ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Membrane distillation; Nanofibers; Water vapor flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875779609     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.700037     Document Type: Article

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