Computational and experimental study for the desalination of petrochemical industrial effluents using direct contact membrane distillation

Abstract The petrochemical, mining and power industries have reacted to the recent South African water crisis by focussing on improved brine treatment for water and salt recovery with the aim of achieving zero liquid effluent discharge. The purpose of this novel study was to compare experimentally o...

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Main Authors: Muhammad S. Osman, Vhahangwele Masindi, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:Applied Water Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-019-0910-3