Thermodynamic optimization of Multistage Pressure Retarded Osmosis (MPRO) with variable feed pressures for hypersaline solutions
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عنوان ژورنال: Desalination
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0011-9164
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2019.114245