Assessment of distillate water quality parameters produced by solar still for potable usage

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 3 A, 2014, Pages 859-866

  Ahsan, Amimul ^a   Syuhada, Nur ^a   Jolhi, Eden ^a   Darain, Kh M ^b   Rowshon, Md K ^a   Jakariya, Md ^c   Shafie, Suhaidi ^a   Ghazali, Abdul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Desalination; Distillate quality; Solar distillation; Solar still; Water purification; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DISTILLATION; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PURIFICATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84898731611     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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