Large-scale water desalination methods: A review and new perspectives

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 13-15, 2013, Pages 2836-2849

  Likhachev, Dmitriy Sergeyevich ^a   Li, Feng Chen ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Distillation; Reverse osmosis; Thermal methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875824569     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.750792     Document Type: Review

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