Complexation-Enhanced Boron Removal in a Dual-Stage Nanofiltration Seawater Desalination Process

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1648-1656

  Liu, Jie ^a   Xie, Lixin ^b   Wang, Zhi ^b   Yuan, Junsheng ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

boron removal; complexation; nanofiltration; seawater desalination; sorbitol

Indexed keywords

BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BORON REMOVAL; COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; COMPLEXATION REACTION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SORBITOL;

ALCOHOLS; BORON; COMPLEXATION; DESALINATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

EID: 84879954878     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2012.752010     Document Type: Article

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