Solar desalination with a humidification-dehumidification cycle: Mathematical modeling of the unit

Desalination

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-164

  Farid, M M ^a   Parekh, Sandeep ^b   Selman, J R ^b   Al Hallaj, Said ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehumidification; Humidification; Multi effect humidification; Solar desalination

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

SOLAR DESALINATION;

DESALINATION;

DEHUMIDIFICATION; HUMIDIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SOLAR DESALINATION;

EID: 0037850957     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00994-3     Document Type: Article

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