Enhanced desalination via functionalized carbon nanotube immobilized membrane in direct contact membrane distillation

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-65

  Roy, Sagar ^a   Bhadra, Madhuleena ^a   Mitra, Somenath ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Functionalized MWCNTs; Hydrophilic hydrophobic interaction; Mass transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER;

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; HYDROPHILIC-HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION; IMMOBILIZED MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION;

EID: 84907550877     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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