Evaluation of commercial PTFE membranes in desalination by direct contact membrane distillation

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-25

  Shirazi, Mohammad Mahdi A ^a   Kargari, Ali ^b   Tabatabaei, Meisam ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD); MD module design; Membrane characteristics; PTFE; Support layer

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; FLOW RATE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PORE SIZE; STREAM FLOW;

CONSTANT FLOW RATES; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; MODULE DESIGN; SUPPORT LAYER;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84894254217     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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