Membrane distillation for concentration of hypersaline brines from the Great Salt Lake: Effects of scaling and fouling on performance, efficiency, and salt rejection

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-91

  Bush, John A ^a   Vanneste, Johan ^a   Cath, Tzahi Y ^a  

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

Author keywords

Desalination; Hypersaline brine; Membrane distillation; Membrane fouling; Membrane scaling

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; EFFICIENCY; FOULING; LAKES; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MINERALS; RECOVERY; SALTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HYPERSALINE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE SCALING; SODIUM CHLORIDE (NACL); SPARINGLY SOLUBLE SALT; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGES;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

EID: 84976309782     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.06.028     Document Type: Article

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