Study on lithium separation from salt lake brines by nanofiltration (NF) and low pressure reverse osmosis (LPRO)

Desalination

Volumn 317, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-192

  Somrani, A ^a,b   Hamzaoui, A H ^a   Pontie, M ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES EN SCIENCES DES MATÉRIAUX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Extraction; Lithium; Low pressure reverse osmosis; Nanofiltration; Salt lake brine

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION FLUXES; FOULING MECHANISMS; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; LOW-PRESSURE REVERSE OSMOSIS; MONOVALENT IONS; SALT LAKES; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

BRINES; DIALYSIS; EXTRACTION; LAKES; NANOFILTRATION;

LITHIUM;

BRINE; EXTRACTION METHOD; FILTRATION; FOULING; LITHIUM; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SALINE LAKE; SEPARATION;

EID: 84876333744     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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