Techno-economic comparison of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration in desalination of a Moroccan brackish groundwater

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2471-2477

  Elazhar, F ^a   Touir, J ^a   Elazhar, M ^a   Belhamidi, S ^a   El Harrak, N ^a   Zdeg, A ^a   Hafsi, M ^b   Amor, Z ^a   Taky, M ^a   Elmidaoui, A ^a  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Office National de l'Eau Potable   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Comparison; Cost; Desalination; Design; Nanofiltration; Performances; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DESALINATION; DESIGN; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WATER SUPPLY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84939651958     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.959739     Document Type: Article

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