Sustainable integrated membrane contactor process for water reclamation, sodium sulfate salt and energy recovery from industrial effluent

Desalination

Volumn 283, Issue , 2011, Pages 187-192

  Tunc, Chan Mya ^a   Groth, Andrew M ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated membrane process; Membrane contactors; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZERS; DISTILLATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MEMBRANES; PRODUCED WATER; RECLAMATION; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SEWAGE; SODIUM SULFATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL SEPARATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; INTEGRATED MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGES;

EFFLUENTS;

DISTILLATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEMBRANE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEPARATION; SODIUM; SULFATE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84878688449     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.054     Document Type: Article

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