Water regeneration from human urine by vacuum membrane distillation and analysis of membrane fouling characteristics

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 369-376

  Zhao, Zhi Ping ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Shang, Xin ^a   Chen, Kangcheng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Human urine; Membrane fouling; Vacuum membrane distillation; Water regeneration

Indexed keywords

FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN URINE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OPERATING CONDITION; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF UREA; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; WATER CIRCULATION;

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECOMPOSITION; MEMBRANE FOULING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE STATIONS; UREA; VACUUM;

BODY FLUIDS;

EID: 84882307041     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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