A comprehensive review of vacuum membrane distillation technique

Desalination

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

  Abu Zeid, Mostafa Abd El Rady ^a,b   Zhang, Yaqin ^a   Dong, Hang ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Chen, Huan Lin ^a   Hou, Lian ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane characteristics; Membrane module; Vacuum membrane distillation; VMD applications; VMD mechanism model

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; POTABLE WATER; SOLAR ENERGY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; MECHANISM MODEL; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE MODULE; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

MEMBRANES;

DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; MODELING;

EID: 84916633951     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.033     Document Type: Review

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