Performance of a newly developed titanium oxide nanotubes/polyethersulfone blend membrane for water desalination using vacuum membrane distillation

Desalination

Volumn 346, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-36

  Abdallah, H ^a   Moustafa, A F ^b   AlAnezi, Adnan AlHathal ^c   El Sayed, H E M ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Environmental Screening Environmental Management Unit Beni Suef Governorates   (Egypt)

^c The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desalination; Polyethersulfone; Titanium oxide nanotubes; Vacuum membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; NANOTUBES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; VACUUM; WATER FILTRATION;

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; FEED CONCENTRATION; POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); SALT CONCENTRATION; TITANIUM OXIDE NANOTUBES; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; WATER DESALINATION;

MEMBRANES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TITANIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84901361374     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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