Technical feasibility of using gallery intakes for seawater RO facilities, northern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia: The King Abdullah Economic City site

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 34-36, 2013, Pages 6472-6481

  Dehwah, Abdullah H A ^a   Missimer, Thomas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Desalination; Intake; Offshore gallery; Reverse osmosis; Seabed

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84878356805     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.770949     Document Type: Article

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