Water recovery from humidified waste gas streams: Quality control using membrane condenser technology

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-203

  Macedonio, Francesca ^a   Cersosimo, Maurizio ^a   Brunetti, Adele ^a   Barbieri, Giuseppe ^a   Drioli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dehydration of gaseous streams; Membrane condenser; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; RECOVERY; WATER QUALITY;

GASEOUS STREAMS; INTERFACIAL MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE-BASED PROCESS; SELECTIVE RECOVERY; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; WASTE GAS STREAM;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 85027951997     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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