A fixed point iterative algorithm for solving equations modeling the multi-stage flash desalination process

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-115

  El Dessouky, Hisham ^a   Bingulac, S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLASH DESALINATION;

DESALINATION;

EID: 0043237088     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(96)01095-X     Document Type: Article

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