Shale gas flowback water desalination: Single vs multiple-effect evaporation with vapor recompression cycle and thermal integration

Desalination

Volumn 404, Issue , 2017, Pages 230-248

  Onishi, Viviani C ^a   Carrero Parreño, Alba ^a   Reyes Labarta, Juan A ^a   Ruiz Femenia, Rubén ^a   Salcedo Díaz, Raquel ^a   Fraga, Eric S ^b   Caballero, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical vapor recompression (MVR); Multiple effect evaporation (MEE); Shale gas; Single effect evaporation (SEE); Thermal integration; Zero liquid discharge (ZLD)

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; INTEGRATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS; WATER; WATER FILTRATION;

MULTIPLE EFFECT; SINGLE-EFFECT EVAPORATION (SEE); THERMAL INTEGRATION; VAPOR RECOMPRESSION; ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGES;

SHALE;

DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE GAS;

EID: 84996590500     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.11.003     Document Type: Article

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