Treatment of RO brine from CSG produced water by spiral-wound air gap membrane distillation - A pilot study

Desalination

Volumn 366, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-129

  Duong, Hung C ^a   Chivas, Allan R ^a   Nelemans, Bart ^b   Duke, Mikel ^c   Gray, Stephen ^c   Cath, Tzahi Y ^d   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AquaStill   (Netherlands)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD); Brine management; Coal seam gas (CSG) produced water; Water recovery

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL DEPOSITS; DISTILLATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; RECOVERY; THERMAL ENERGY;

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; BRINE MANAGEMENT; HIGH PACKING DENSITY; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PRODUCED WATER; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES; WATER RECOVERY;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84937858005     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.026     Document Type: Article

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