Transport analysis of an air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) process

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 333-346

  Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam ^a   Bahar, Rubina ^b   Ng, Kim Choon ^b   Stanley, Loh Jian Wei ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD); Global mass transfer coefficient; Hydrophobic membrane; Mass transport through membrane; Membrane distillation (MD); Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025330916     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.683260     Document Type: Article

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