Thermodynamic modeling of brine and its use in membrane crystallizer

Desalination

Volumn 323, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-92

  Macedonio, F ^a,c   Quist Jensen, C A ^a   Al Harbi, O ^a   Alromaih, H ^a   Al Jlil, S A ^a   Al Shabouna, F ^a   Drioli, E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Membrane crystallization; Thermodynamic modeling; Zero liquid discharge

Indexed keywords

BRINE DISPOSAL; CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MEMBRANE CRYSTALLIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; VALUABLE COMPONENT; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGES;

DESALINATION; SALTS; SOFTWARE TESTING; STRONTIUM; WATER FILTRATION;

CRYSTALLIZERS;

BRINE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESALINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MODELING; OSMOSIS; SALT; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84880330026     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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