Potentials of wind energy development for water desalination in Jordan

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 683-690

  Mohsen, Mousa S ^a   Akash, Bilal A ^a  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WIND POWER POTENTIAL;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESALINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WIND POWER;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032565831     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(19980625)22:8<683::AID-ER394>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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