A framework for better understanding membrane distillation separation process

Journal of Membrane Science - Tập 285 Số 1-2 - Trang 4-29 - 2006
Mohamed S. El‐Bourawi1, Zhongwei Ding1, Rong Ma1, M. Khayet2
1State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China
2Department of Applied Physics I, Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. Complutense of Madrid s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

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