Treatment of radioactive wastewater using direct contact membrane distillation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 307-315

  Liu, Haiyang ^a   Wang, Jianlong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane distillation; Membrane separation; Radioactive wastewater; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; FEED CONCENTRATION; MASS TRANSFER MECHANISM; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER; SEPARATION PROCESS;

GAS DYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEPARATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION; GAS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER; RADIONUCLIDES;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84882806320     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.07.045     Document Type: Article

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