Scale formation model for high top brine temperature multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination plants

Desalination

Volumn 350, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-60

  Al Rawajfeh, Aiman Eid ^a   Ihm, Seungwon ^b   Varshney, Hirdesh ^b   Mabrouk, Abdel Nasser ^c  

^a TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Doosan Water R and D Center Al Turki Business Park 9th Level   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Suez University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fouling factor; High temperature MSF; Modelling; Scale formation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DESALINATION; MODELS;

CARBONATE SPECIES; DEVELOPED MODEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MULTI STAGE FLASH; MULTI STAGE FLASH DESALINATION; SCALE FORMATION; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; TOP BRINE TEMPERATURES;

SCALE (DEPOSITS);

BRINE; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; FOULING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODELING;

EID: 84905226994     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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