Fouling and its control in membrane distillation-A review

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 475, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-244

  Tijing, Leonard D ^a   Woo, Yun Chul ^a   Choi, June Seok ^b   Lee, Sangho ^c   Kim, Seung Hyun ^d   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^d Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination; Fouling; Membrane distillation; Mitigation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS; MITIGATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; SCALING; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

MEMBRANES;

FRESH WATER; LEAD;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLEANING; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING PREVENTION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLARIZATION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84909619833     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.042     Document Type: Review

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