Performance evaluation of the DCMD desalination process under bench scale and large scale module operating conditions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 455, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-112

  Francis, L ^a   Ghaffour, N ^a   Alsaadi, A S ^a   Nunes, S P ^a   Amy, G L ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DCMD flux; Large scale module operating conditions; MD membranes; Rejection; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; COOLANT INLET TEMPERATURE; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; OPERATING CONDITION; REJECTION; SEAWATER DESALINATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; WATER VAPOR MOLECULES;

DESALINATION; MOLECULES; PORE SIZE; PROPYLENE; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER VAPOR;

MEMBRANES;

BORON; POLITEF; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84892879491     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.033     Document Type: Article

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