Comparison between oily and coal seam gas produced water with respect to quantity, characteristics and treatment technologies: a review

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1793-1808

  Abousnina, Rajab M ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^b   Bundschuh, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; Forward osmosis; Produced water; Reverses osmosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927578073     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.893541     Document Type: Article

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