A photovoltaic-powered seawater reverse-osmosis system without batteries

Desalination

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Thomson, Murray ^a   Infield, David ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desalination; Photovoltaic; Renewable energy; Reverse osmosis; Seawater; Solar

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESALINATION; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEAWATER;

DESALINATION SYSTEMS;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEA WATER; SOLAR POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DESALINATION; OSMOSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER;

ERITREA;

EID: 0038323243     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(03)80004-8     Document Type: Article

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