Experimental comparison of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) with vacuum membrane distillation (VMD)

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 31-33, 2013, Pages 6299-6309

  Koo, Jaewuk ^a   Han, Jihee ^a   Sohn, Jinsik ^a   Lee, Sangho ^a   Hwang, Tae Mun ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Membrane distillation; Vacuum membrane distillation; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84886415385     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.780817     Document Type: Article

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