Evaluation of heat utilization in membrane distillation desalination system integrated with heat recovery

Desalination

Volumn 366, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-93

  Guan, Guoqiang ^a   Yang, Xing ^b   Wang, Rong ^c,d   Fane, Anthony G ^c,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Desalination; Direct contact membrane distillation; Gain output ratio; Heat recovery; Scale up effect

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; SPECIFICATIONS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

DESALINATION SYSTEMS; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; GAIN OUTPUT RATIO; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SCALE-UP EFFECTS; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP; WATER RECOVERY RATES;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 84937864339     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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