New anti-scalant performance evaluation for MSF technology

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 4-6, 2013, Pages 915-920

  Mohamed, Amr ^a   Robert, Justin ^a   Mabrouk, Abdel Nasser ^a   Ahmad, Imteyaz ^a   Nafey, Ahmed ^a   Choi, J S ^a   Park, J K ^a   Nied, Stephan ^b   Detering, Jurgen ^b  

^a Doosan Water R and D Center Monarch Office Tower   (United Arab Emirates)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti scalant; Multi stage flash; Scale formation; Top brine temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875798508     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.704701     Document Type: Article

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