Development of lower cost seawater desalination processes using nanofiltration technologies - A review

Desalination

Volumn 376, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-116

  Zhou, Dong ^a,b   Zhu, Lijing ^a   Fu, Yinyi ^a   Zhu, Minghe ^b   Xue, Lixin ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Integrated process; Lower cost; Nanofiltration; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIALYSIS MEMBRANES; DISTILLATION; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOFILTRATION; SEAWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MULTI STAGE FLASH; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; RECENT PROGRESS; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

DESALINATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PURIFICATION; SEAWATER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84941079289     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.08.020     Document Type: Review

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