Application of vacuum membrane distillation for small scale drinking water production

Desalination

Volumn 354, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-61

  Naidu, Gayathri ^a   Jeong, Sanghyun ^a   Choi, Yongjun ^b   Jang, Eunkyung ^c   Hwang, Tae Mun ^d   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cleaning cycle; Saline groundwater; Scaling; V MEMD

Indexed keywords

CLEANING CYCLES; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SCALING; SMALL SCALE; V-MEMD; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

CALCIUM; DISTILLATION; DRINKING WATER; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84907831045     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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