Analysis and simulation of scale-up potentials in reverse electrodialysis

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3391-3403

  Tedesco, Michele ^a   Mazzola, Paolo ^a   Tamburini, Alessandro ^a   Micale, Giorgio ^a   Bogle, I David L ^b   Papapetrou, Michael ^c   Cipollina, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH Co Planungs KG (WIP)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brine; Model; Process simulator; RED; Salinity gradient power; Sea water

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DESALINATION; DESIGN; ELECTROKINESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PURIFICATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ITALY; SICILY; TRAPANI;

EID: 84940590779     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.947781     Document Type: Article

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