Optimization of operating conditions for a continuous membrane distillation crystallization process with zero salty water discharge

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Chen, Guizi ^a,b   Lu, Yinghong ^a,b   Krantz, William B ^b   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Fane, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brine discharge; Crystallization; Desalination; Hybrid membrane process; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

BRINE DISCHARGE; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HYBRID MEMBRANE PROCESS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION CRYSTALLIZATIONS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION OF OPERATING CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DESALINATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW RATE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPTIMIZATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOLID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884385158     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.08.034     Document Type: Article

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