Experimental evaluation on concentrating cooling tower blowdown water by direct contact membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 323, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-141

  Yu, Xianguo ^a   Yang, Hai ^a   Lei, Hui ^a   Shapiro, Andrew ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Cooling tower blowdown; Desalination; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

BLOW DOWN; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; MEMBRANE CLEANING; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE SCALING; SALT REJECTIONS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; DESALINATION; RECOVERY; WATER FILTRATION;

SILICA;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE;

EID: 84880330449     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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